Numbers 35:8

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The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

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  • Num 26:54 : 54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.
  • Num 33:54 : 54 You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.
  • Deut 33:8-9 : 8 Blessing on Levi Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant. 10 They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar. 11 Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.
  • Josh 21:1-9 : 1 Levitical Cities The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders 2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.” 3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed. 4 The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6 Gershon’s descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 7 Merari’s descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses. 9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below. 10 They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them. 11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas. 12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.) 13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah, 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa, 15 Holon, Debir, 16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes. 17 From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba, 18 Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities. 19 The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas. 20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim. 21 They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, 22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities. 23 From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon, 24 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities. 25 From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned Taanach and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities. 26 The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas. 27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities; 28 from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath, 29 Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities; 30 from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, 31 Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities; 32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of three cities. 33 The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas. 34 They assigned to the Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, 35 Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities; 36 from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, 37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities; 38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim, 39 Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities. 40 The Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities. 41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas. 42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.
  • 2 Cor 8:13-14 : 13 For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality. 14 At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!
  • Exod 16:18 : 18 When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.
  • Exod 32:28-29 : 28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died. 29 Moses said,“You have been consecrated today for the LORD, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”

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  • Num 35:9
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    9The Cities of Refuge Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 35:1-7
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    1The Levitical Cities Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

    2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

    3Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

    4The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall.

    5“You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns.

    6Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

    7“So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

  • Num 26:53-56
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    53“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

    54To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

    55The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

    56Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

  • Num 33:54
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    54You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone’s inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

  • Josh 21:2-5
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    2in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

    3So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.

    4The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

    5The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 21:8-9
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    8So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

    9They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

  • 1 Chr 6:64-65
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    64So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

    65They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • Num 31:30
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    30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

  • Josh 21:41-42
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    41The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

    42Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

  • Josh 14:3-4
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    3Now Moses had assigned land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

    4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.

  • Num 35:13-14
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    13These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

    14“You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

  • Num 7:5
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    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 31:47
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    47From the Israelites’ share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 18:24
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    24But I have given to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered to the LORD as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance.”

  • Deut 18:8
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    8He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.

  • Num 34:13
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    13Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

  • Num 34:2
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    2“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them:‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

  • Deut 19:2
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    2you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession.

  • Ezek 45:5
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    5An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.

  • Num 27:11
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    11and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

  • Ezek 47:21-22
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    21“This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.

    22You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the resident foreigners who live among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

  • Num 15:12
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    12You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

  • Lev 25:32-34
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    32As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities which they possess, the Levites must have a perpetual right of redemption.

    33Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem– the sale of a house which is his property in a city– must revert in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.

    34Moreover, the open field areas of their cities must not be sold, because that is their perpetual possession.

  • Isa 34:17
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    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Deut 3:19
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    19But your wives, children, and livestock(of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

  • Num 34:18
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    18You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

  • 2 Chr 31:19
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    19As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.

  • Num 31:42
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    42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

  • Ezek 47:14
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    14You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; this land will be assigned as your inheritance.