Verse 2

Commaunde ye chyldren of Israel, that they geue vnto the Leuites of the inheritaunce of their possession, cities to dwell in: And ye shal geue also vnto the cities of the Leuites, suburbes harde by their cities rounde about them.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 14:3-4 : 3 For Moyses had geue inheritaunce vnto two tribes & an halfe, on the other syde Iordane: But vnto the Leuites he gaue none inheritaunce among the. 4 For the children of Ioseph were two tribes, Manasses and Ephraim: And therfore they gaue no parte vnto the Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwell in, with the suburbes of the same, for their beastes and cattel.
• Ezek 48:8 : 8 Upon the borders of Iuda, from the east part vnto the west part, shalbe the offering which they shall offer of fiue and twentie thousand canes brode, and of length as one of the partes, from the east side vnto the west side: and the sanctuarie shalbe in the midst of it.
• Ezek 48:22 : 22 Moreouer, from the possession of the Leuites, and the cities possession, that which is in the midst shalbe the princes, betwixt the border of Iuda and the border of Beniamin shalbe the princes.
• 1 Cor 9:10-14 : 10 Either sayth he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt this is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope: & that he which tressheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope. 11 If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges? 12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not knowe that they which minister about holy thynges, eate of the thinges of the temple? And they whiche wayte at the aulter, are partakers with the aulter? 14 Euen so hath the Lord ordayned, that they which preache the Gospell, shoulde lyue of the Gospell.
• Josh 21:2-9 : 2 And spake vnto the at Silo in the lande of Chanaan, saying: The Lorde commaunded by Moyses to geue vs cities to dwell in, with the suburbes thereof for our catell. 3 And the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritaunce at the biddyng of the Lorde, these cities folowing with their suburbes. 4 And the lot came out for the kynred of the Caathites: the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Leuites, had geuen them by lot out of the tribe of Iuda, out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Caath had by lot, out of the kynredes of the tribe of Ephraim, out of ye tribe of Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasses, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gerson had by lot out of the kynredes of the tribe of Isachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, & out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the other halfe tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteene cities. 7 And the childre of Merari by their kinredes, had out of the tribe of Ruben, & out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelue cities. 8 And the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbes, as the Lord commaunded by the hand of Moyses. 9 And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iuda, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities by name. 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the kynredes of the Caathites, and of the childre of Leui, obtained: (for theirs was the first lotte.) 11 And they gaue them Kiriath Arba of the father of Enac (which is Hebron) in the hyll countrey of Iuda, with the suburbes of the same rounde about it. 12 But the lande that pertayned to the citie and the villages therof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephune, to be his possession. 13 And thus they gaue to the childre of Aaron the priest, a citie to the which the slayer myght flee, euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libna with her suburbes, 14 And Iathir with her suburbes, and Estemoa with he suburbes: 15 Holon with her suburbes, Dabir with her suburbes: 16 Ain with her suburbes, Iuttah with her suburbes, Bethsames with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes. 17 And out of the tribe of Beniamin, they gaue Gibeon with her suburbes, Gabae with her suburbes, 18 Anatoth with her suburbes, Almon with her suburbes, foure cities. 19 All these cities of the children of Aaron priestes, were thirteene cities with their suburbes. 20 And the kynredes of the children of Caath that were Leuites, that is to say, the other children of Caath, had cities geuen them for their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gaue them the citie that the slear might flee vnto, Sichem with her suburbes in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with her suburbes. 22 And Cibzaim with her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes, foure cities. 23 And out of ye tribe of Dan, Elthec with her suburbes, Gabethon with her suburbes. 24 And Aialo with her suburbes, Gathremon with her suburbes, foure cities. 25 And out of the halfe tribe of Manasses, Thanach with her suburbes, & Gathremon with her suburbes, two cities. 26 All the cities for the other kynredes of the children of Caath, were ten, with their suburbes. 27 And vnto the childre of Gerson, which were of the kynredes of the Leuites, they gaue out of the other halfe tribe of Manasses, the citie of refuge for ye slear, Golan in Basan with her suburbes, & Beestherah with her suburbes, two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Isachar, Kision with her suburbes, and Dabereh with her suburbes: 29 And Iarmuth with her suburbes, Enganim with her suburbes, foure cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Aser, Misal with her suburbes, Abdo with her suburbes. 31 Helcath with her suburbes, and Rohob with her suburbes, foure cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Nephthali the citie for the slear to flee vnto, Kedes in Galilee with her suburbes, Hamothdor with her suburbes, and Carthan with her suburbes, three cities. 33 All the cities of ye Gersonites throughout their kynredes, were thirteene cities with their suburbes, 34 And vnto the other kynredes of the children of Merari, the rest of the Leuites, they gaue out of the tribe of Zabulon, Iecnam with her suburbes, and Cartha with her suburbes. 35 Dimnah with her suburbes, and Nahalal with her suburbes, foure cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Rube, Bezer with her suburbes, and Iahasa with her suburbes, 37 Kedmoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes, foure cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, they gaue the citie for the slear to flee vnto, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes, 39 Hesbon with suburbes, and Iaser with her suburbes, foure cities in all. 40 So that all the cities of the children of Merari throughout their kinredes which were the rest of the kynredes of the Leuites, were by their lot twelue cities. 41 And all the cities that the Leuites had, among the possession of the children of Israel, were 48 with their suburbes. 42 And these cities lay euery one seuerally, hauing their suburbes rounde about them throughout al the said cities.
• Ezek 45:1-8 : 1 When ye deuide the land by the lot for inheritaunce, ye shall offer an oblation to the Lorde, a holy portion of the lande, twentie and fiue thousand canes long, and ten thousand broade: this shalbe holy in all the borders thereof rounde about. 2 Of this part there shall belong vnto the sanctuarie fiue hundred cubites in length with fiue hundred in breadth square rounde about: and fiftie cubites rounde about for the suburbes. 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure, namely of the length of twentie & fiue thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shalbe the sanctuarie and the most holy place. 4 That holy portion of the lande shall parteyne vnto the priestes which do seruice in the sanctuarie, which come neare to serue the Lorde: and it shalbe vnto them a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuarie. 5 And in the twentie and fiue thousand length, and ten thousand breadth, shall the Leuites that minister in the house haue their possession for twentie chambers. 6 Ye shal geue also vnto the citie a possession of fiue thousand canes broade, and twentie and fiue thousand long, ouer against the oblation of the holy portion, that shalbe for the whole house of Israel. 7 And a portion shalbe for the prince on this side and on that side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the citie, euen before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the citie, from the west corner westwarde, & from the east corner eastwarde: and the length shalbe by one of the portions, from the west border vnto the east border. 8 In this lande shalbe his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppresse my people, and the rest of the lande shall they geue to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
• Lev 25:32-34 : 32 Notwithstandyng, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons. 33 And yf a man purchase of the Leuites, the house that was solde, and the citie of their possession, shall go out in the yere of Iubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Leuites, are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the fielde of the suburbes of their cities may not be solde: for it is their perpetuall possession.