“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

You will return and obey the Lord, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today.

“This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns.

These are the land assignments made by Moses on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.