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Numbers 35:3

1 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

4 The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

5 You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
KJV
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.
WEB
They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals.
ASV
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
DARBY
And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
BLB
And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle, and for their herds, and for all their animals.
ÅB
De skal ha byene til å bo i, og jordene som hører til, skal være til beite for deres kløvdyr og for deres fe og for alle deres andre dyr.
OTB
Disse byene skal være til dem å bo i, og beitemarkene skal være til deres kveg, deres utstyr og alle deres andre dyr.
B1930
De skal ha byene til å bo i, og jordene som hører til, skal være til beite for deres kløvdyr og for deres fe og for alle deres andre dyr.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 45:2

    Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:14

    For 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.

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  • Joshua 21:11

    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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