Numbers 35:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.”
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““Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 35:2 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:32As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- Deuteronomy 18:6Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
- Joshua 14:3For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
- Joshua 14:4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- Joshua 21:2at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- 1 Chronicles 13:2And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 13:10I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
- Ezekiel 45:1“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
- Ezekiel 45:5An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
- Ezekiel 48:8Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 48:22So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
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