BIBLE VERSES 2

Numbers 34:18

Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.

Numbers 34:19

These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

Numbers 34:20

Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;

Numbers 34:21

Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;

Numbers 34:22

Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;

Numbers 34:23

Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

Numbers 34:24

Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;

Numbers 34:25

Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;

Numbers 34:26

Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;

Numbers 34:27

Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;

Numbers 34:28

and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

Numbers 34:29

These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 35:1

Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Numbers 35:2

“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

Numbers 35:3

The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

Numbers 35:4

The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

Numbers 35:5

You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Numbers 35:6

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

Numbers 35:7

The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

Numbers 35:8

The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”