Numbers 35:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

to say to them: When you receive your tribal lands, you must give towns and pastures to the Levi tribe.

Cross References

Ezekiel 48:8

South of Judah's territory will be a special section of land. Its length will be twelve and a half kilometers, and its width will run from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. My temple will be located in this section of land.

Ezekiel 48:22

together with the share belonging to the Levites and the city of Jerusalem. The northern border of the ruler's property will be the land that belongs to Judah, and the southern border will be the land that belongs to Benjamin.

Numbers 35:1

While the people of Israel were still camped in the lowlands of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho, the Lord told Moses

Numbers 35:3

That way, the Levites will have towns to live in and pastures for their animals.

Deuteronomy 18:6

Any Levite can leave his hometown, and go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped,

2 Chronicles 11:14

And since Jeroboam and the kings of Israel that followed him would not allow any Levites to serve as priests, most Levites left their towns and pasturelands in Israel and moved to Jerusalem and other towns in Judah.

2 Chronicles 31:19

Hezekiah also appointed other men to take food and supplies to the priests and Levites whose homes were in the pastureland around the towns of Judah. But the priests had to be descendants of Aaron, and the Levites had to be listed in the official records.

1 Chronicles 13:2

and then announced to the people of Israel: While Saul was king, the sacred chest was ignored. But now it's time to bring the chest to Jerusalem. We will invite everyone in Israel to come here, including the priests and the Levites in the towns surrounded by pastureland. But we will do these things only if you agree, and if the Lord our God wants us to.

Nehemiah 13:10

I also found out that the temple singers and several other Levites had returned to work on their farms, because they had not been given their share of the harvest.