35:1 1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. 2 He said: 35:2 “Instruct the Israelites to give 3 the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites 4 will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns. 35:3 Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.
1 sn This section has two main parts, the Levitical cities (vv. 1-8) and the Cities of Refuge (vv. 9-34).
2 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
3 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive: “command…and they will give,” or “that they give.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.