Ezekiel 45:1-8
“‘“ Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of twenty- five thousand reeds, and the width shall be ten thousand. It shall be holy in all its border all around.Of this there shall be a five hundred by five hundred square for the holy place; and fifty cubits for its pasture lands all around.Of this measure you shall measure a length of twenty- five thousand, and a width of ten thousand. In it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh. It shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.Twenty- five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width, shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, as a possession for themselves, for twenty rooms.“‘“ You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand wide, and twenty- five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.“‘“ What is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel. My princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”
Joshua 21:2-42
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,“ Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture lands.The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half- tribe of Manasseh.The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half- tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak( also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half- tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty- eight cities with their pasture lands.Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.
