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.