1 Yahweh spoke to Moses on the desert plains of Moab beyond the Jordan across Jericho, saying,
2 “Command the Israelites that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their property cities to live in; and you will give to the Levites pastureland all around the cities.
3 The cities will be theirs to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their domestic animals, for their possessions, and their animals.
4 “The pasturelands of the cities that you will give to the Levites will extend from the wall of the city to a distance of a thousand cubits all around.