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Command the people of Israel ,
that they give to the Levites ,
from the inheritance of their possession ,
cities to dwell in ;
and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands round about the cities .
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The cities shall be theirs to dwell in ,
and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts .
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The pasture lands of the cities ,
which you shall give to the Levites ,
shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all round .
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And you shall measure ,
outside 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 belong to them as pasture land for their cities .
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The cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge ,
where you shall permit the manslayer to flee ,
and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities .
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All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight ,
with their pasture lands .
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And as for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel ,
from the larger tribes you shall take many ,
and from the smaller tribes you shall take few ;
each ,
in proportion to the inheritance which it inherits ,
shall give of its cities to the Levites ."