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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_4 35:1-8
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The LORD again spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho:
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"Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.
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The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their [other] animals.
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The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites [will extend] from the city wall 500 yards on every side.
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Measure 1,000 yards outside the city for the east side, 1,000 yards for the south side, 1,000 yards for the west side, and 1,000 yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
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"The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 [other] cities.
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The total number of cities you give the Levites will be 48, along with their pasturelands.
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Of the cities that you give from the Israelites' territory, you should take more from a larger [tribe] and less from a smaller one. Each [tribe] is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 21:3-8
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So the Israelites, by the LORD's command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.
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The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
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Gershon's descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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Merari's descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
castles
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_1 25:16
These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans.
of the families
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 21:4
The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 21:5
The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.