Ezekiel 45:1-8
“ When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent.Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it.And from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.“ Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.“ And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundaryof the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.
Joshua 21:2-42
And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,“ The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.”So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.The Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.Out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name,which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first.They gave them Kiriath-arba( Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands— nine cities out of these two tribes;then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands— four cities.The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— two cities.The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands— two cities;and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands— three cities.The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands— four cities;and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands— four cities in all.As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.
