Positive Commandment #299 of 613
Give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields
Commandment #299 — a positive obligation from Numbers 35:2, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.”
— Numbers 35:2
Hebrew
ב צַו, אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְנָתְנוּ לַלְוִיִּם מִנַּחֲלַת אֲחֻזָּתָם, עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת; וּמִגְרָשׁ, לֶעָרִים סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, תִּתְּנוּ, לַלְוִיִּם.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Σύνταξον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ δώσουσιν τοῖς Λευίταις ἀπὸ τῶν κλήρων κατασχέσεως αὐτῶν πόλεις κατοικεῖν καὶ τὰ προάστεια τῶν πόλεων κύκλῳ αὐτῶν δώσουσιν τοῖς Λευίταις,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 35
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Masei
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #408
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
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