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35 While they were there on the Moav plains beside the Yarden river, Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses).[ref] 2 “Tell the Israelis that out of the land that they’ll own, they must give the Levites cities for them to live in, as well as some pastureland around those cities. 3 The cities will be for them to live in, and that pastureland will be for their herds and their flocks, and for their other animals. 4 The pastureland must extend out half a kilometre around the walls of the Levites cities. 5 Then going out a kilometre in each compass direction, that will also be their land.[fn] 6 The Levites must be given forty-two cities to live in, plus you all must designate six refuge cities so that if someone accidentally kills another, they can flee to the refuge city. 7 That would make a total of forty-eight cities, plus their pasturelands, to be given to the Levites. 8 The larger tribes must give more cities than the smaller tribes, according to the area that they inherit.”
35:5 It’s not exactly clear what different activities would occur in these two rings of land, but remember that as much food as possible and animals would have to be brought into the city as soon as the residents received news of an approaching army.
Josh 21:1-42:
21 Then the leaders of the Levites went to Eleazar the priest and to Yehoshua (Nun’s son) and to the Israeli elders[ref] 2 at Shiloh (in the Canaan region) and told them, “Yahweh said through Mosheh that we should be given cities to live in, along with their surrounding fields for our livestock.” 3 So the Israeli leaders gave these cities and the fields around them to the Levites for their inheritance as Yahweh had instructed:
4 The first draw went to those of the Kohat clans who were descendants of Aharon the priest (from the Levites). They were allocated thirteen cities in the regions occupied by Yehudah, Shimeon, and Benyamin. 5 The remaining Kohat clans were allocated ten cities in the regions occupied by Efrayim, Dan, and the Menashsheh half-tribe.
6 The Gereshon clans were allocated thirteen cities in the regions occupied by Yissakar, Asher, Naftali, and by the Menashsheh half-tribe in the Bashan region.
7 The Merari clans were allocated twelve cities in the regions occupied by Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 So the Israeli leaders gave those cities and their surrounding fields to the Levites, just as Yahweh had instructed through Mosheh.
9 These are the names of the cities allocated by the Israeli leaders (from the regions occupied by Yehudah and Shimeon) 10 that were given to the Levite Kohat clans since they were selected first in the draw: 11 Kiriat-Arba and the surrounding fields (now called Hebron—Arba was the father of Anak) in Yehudah’s hill country 12 (although the surrounding countryside and villages had already been given to Yefunneh’s son Caleb). 13 So Hebron was given to the descendants of Aharon the priest and assigned as a refuge city (for anyone who accidentally kills someone) along with the surrounding fields, along with Libnah, 14 Yattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Yuttah, and Beyt-Shemesh, all with their surrounding fields—a total of nine cities from within Yehudah and Shimeon’s territories. 17 From Benyamin’s territories, the Israeli leaders assigned Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anatot, and Almon—four cities and their surrounding fields. 19 Thus the descendants of Aharon the priests received thirteen cities with their surrounding fields.
20 The other Levite Kohat clans were allocated cities from within Efrayim’s territory: 21 Shekem (which was assigned as a refuge city for anyone who accidentally kills someone), Gezer, 22 Kibzaim, and Beyt-Horon—four cities with their surrounding fields. 23 From Dan’s territory, they were allocated Elteke, Gibbeton, 24 Ayyalon, and Gat-Rimmon—four cities with their surrounding fields. 25 From the Menashsheh half-tribe’s territory, they were allocated Taanak and Gat-Rimmon—two cities with their surrounding fields. 26 Thus the other Levite Kohat clans received ten cities with their surrounding fields.
27 The Levite Gereshon clans were allocated cities from within the Menashsheh half-tribe’s territory: Golan in the Bashan (which was assigned as a refuge city for anyone who accidentally kills someone) and Be’eshtarah—two cities with their surrounding fields. 28 From Yissakar’s territory, they were allocated Kishyon, Daberat, 29 Yarmut, and Eyn-Gannim—four cities with their surrounding fields. 30 From Asher’s territory, they were allocated Mishal, Abdon, 31 Helkat, and Rehob—four cities with their surrounding fields. 32 From Naftali’s territory, they were allocated Kedesh in the Galilee (which was assigned as a refuge city for anyone who accidentally kills someone), Hammot-Dor, and Kartan—three cities with their surrounding fields. 33 Thus the Levite Gereshon clan received thirteen cities with their surrounding fields.
34 The remaining Levite Merari clans were allocated cities from within Zebulun’s territory: Yokneam, Kartah, 35 Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities with their surrounding fields. 36 From Reuben’s territory, they were allocated Bezer, Yahaz, 37 Kedemot, and Mephaat—four cities with their surrounding fields. 38 From Gad’s territory, they were allocated Ramot in the Gilead (which was assigned as a refuge city for anyone who accidentally kills someone), Mahanaim, 39 Heshbon, and Yazer—four cities with their surrounding fields. 40 Thus the Levite Merari clan received twelve cities in the draw, along with their surrounding fields.
41 So altogether the Levites received forty-eight cities and their surrounding fields from with the territories of the other tribes—42 each of those cities had fields around them for their livestock to graze on.
