“They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals.”
Numbers 35:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites. 3They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals. 4“The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubitsaround it. 5You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the pasture lands of their cities.