The Cities Of The Levites

Notwithstanding the Cities of the Levites, and the houses of the Cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the Cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession Cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the Cities round about them.

And the suburbs of the Cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

And the Cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his Cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save Cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these Cities and their suburbs.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen Cities.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these Cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the Cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two Cities.

So all the Cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve Cities.

All the Cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight Cities with their suburbs.

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these Cities with their suburbs.

And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their Cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the Cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the Cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their Cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

• Priest

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their Cities, and all Israel in their Cities.

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their Cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their Cities.

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the Cities of our tillage.

Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the Cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their Cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

• Priest

And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the Cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

• Offerings

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the Cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.