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The Towns for the Levites
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|Números 35:1| t While the people of Israel were still camped in the lowlands of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho, the LORD told Moses
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|Números 35:2| to say to them: When you receive your tribal lands, you must give towns and pastures to the Levi tribe.
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|Números 35:3| That way, the Levites will have towns to live in and pastures for their animals.
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|Números 35:4| The pasture around each of these towns must be in the shape of a square, with the town itself in the center. The pasture is to measure 900 meters on each side, with 450 meters of land outside each of the town walls. This will be the Levites' pastureland.
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|Números 35:5|
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|Números 35:6| Six of the towns you give them will be Safe Towns where a person who has accidentally killed someone can run for protection. But you will also give the Levites 42 other towns,
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|Números 35:7| so they will have a total of 48 towns with their surrounding pastures.
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|Números 35:8| Since the towns for the Levites must come from Israel's own tribal lands, the larger tribes will give more towns than the smaller ones.
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The Safe Towns
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|Números 35:9| u The LORD then told Moses
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|Números 35:10| to tell the people of Israel: After you have crossed the Jordan River and are settled in Canaan,
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