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Positive Commandment #299 of 613

Give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields

Commandment #299a 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)
Book
numbers
Chapter
35

Scholarly References

Parashah
Masei
Sefer HaChinuch
#408
Mishneh Torah
SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee

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