Numbers 35:2
“Order the Israelites to provide from their land allocation towns for the Levites to live in and pastures around the towns.
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In Context
1The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho. He told him,
Cross References
Leviticus 25:32However, the Levites always have the right to buy back their houses in the towns that belong to them.
Joshua 14:3Moses had allotted land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan but he had made no allocation to the Levites among them.
Joshua 21:2They spoke to them at Shiloh in Canaan, saying, “The Lord gave instructions through Moses to give us towns to live in, and pastures for our flocks.”
2 Chronicles 11:14The Levites even left their pasturelands and properties behind, and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to allow them to serve as priests of the Lord.
Ezekiel 45:1When you allocate the land ownership by lot, you are to make a provision for the Lord, a holy allocation of the land that measures 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This whole area is holy.
Ezekiel 48:8Adjacent to Judah's allocation, from east to west, is the special area you are to make provision for. It is to be 25,000 cubits wide, and extend the same length as a tribal allocation from east to west. The sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:2-9
The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye… Read the whole commentary →