Numbers 35:3

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The cities will be places for them to live, and the pasture lands will be for their livestock, their property, and all their animals.

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  • Josh 21:11 : 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.
  • 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests of the LORD.
  • Ezek 45:2 : 2 Out of this, a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits will be for the sanctuary, with a fifty-cubit-wide open space surrounding it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

    2Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

  • Num 35:4-9
    6 verses
    81%

    4The pasture lands of the cities that you give the Levites shall extend from the city wall outward a distance of a thousand cubits all around.

    5You shall measure from outside the city: two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west side, and two thousand on the north side, with the city in the middle. This shall be their pasture lands for the cities.

    6The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities.

    7The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasture lands.

    8The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.

    9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Josh 21:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, 'The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with pasture lands for our livestock.'

    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

  • Lev 25:31-34
    4 verses
    77%

    31But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as open country. They can be redeemed, and they must be released in the Jubilee.

    32As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities they possess have a permanent right of redemption for the Levites.

    33If anyone redeems property from the Levites, the property that was sold in the city they possess must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

    34But the fields of the pastureland belonging to their cities must not be sold, for they are their permanent possession.

  • Deut 3:19
    77%

    19'But your wives, children, and livestock—I know you have much livestock—may stay in the towns I have given you.'

  • Josh 14:4
    74%

    4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

  • Lev 25:7
    74%

    7as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its produce may be used as food.

  • Num 35:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13The cities you are to give will serve as six cities of refuge.

    14Three of these cities you shall give on the east side of the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

  • Josh 21:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41In total, the cities of the Levites within the possession of the Israelites numbered forty-eight cities along with their pasture lands.

    42Each of these cities had its surrounding pasture lands. This was true for all these cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:64
    73%

    64They also gave Kedemoth with its pasturelands and Mephaath with its pasturelands.

  • Jer 33:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12This is what the Lord Almighty says: In this desolate place, without people or animals, and in all its towns, there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

    13In the towns of the hill country, the western foothills, and the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

  • Jer 31:24
    72%

    24People will live together in Judah and all its cities—farmers and those who move with the herds.

  • Num 32:4
    72%

    4this land that the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel—is a land suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

  • Num 32:16
    72%

    16Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

  • Ezek 45:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4This holy portion of the land will be set aside for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who draw near to serve the Lord. It will provide them with a place for their houses and a sanctuary for the sanctuary.

    5An area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, who serve in the temple. It will be their possession, including twenty chambers.

    6You are to allot a portion for the city, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand cubits in length, alongside the portion set apart for the holy offering. This will belong to the entire house of Israel.

  • Deut 19:2
    71%

    2you are to set apart three cities in the midst of the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 6:55-56
    2 verses
    71%

    55From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.

    56To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.

  • Isa 34:17
    71%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Ezek 48:15
    71%

    15The remaining area, which is 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 cubits long, shall be considered common land for the city, for dwelling places, and for open spaces. The city itself shall be in the midst of it.

  • Num 31:30
    71%

    30From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle.

  • Num 34:2
    70%

    2Command the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan with its boundaries:

  • Josh 21:35
    70%

    35Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

  • Zeph 2:6
    70%

    6The seacoast will become pasturelands, with meadows for shepherds and sheepfolds.

  • Deut 18:2
    70%

    2They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Deut 21:3
    70%

    3The elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall take a heifer that has never been worked or yoked,

  • Ps 69:35
    69%

    35Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

  • Deut 28:3
    69%

    3You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

  • Deut 20:15
    69%

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

  • Num 32:26
    69%

    26Our children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

  • Num 15:2
    69%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land where you will live, which I am giving to you,

  • Deut 18:8
    69%

    8They shall share equally in their meals, regardless of the income from their family possessions.

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place.

  • Deut 2:35
    69%

    35Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.