Joshua 21:2 Cross References - LEB

² And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock."

² "Command the _⌊Israelites_⌋* that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their property cities to live in; and you will give to the Levites pastureland all around the cities.* ³ The cities will be theirs to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their domestic animals, for their possessions, and their animals.* ⁴ "The pasturelands of the cities that you will give to the Levites will extend from the wall of the city to a distance of a thousand cubits all around. ⁵ You will measure outside the city the eastern edge two thousand cubits, for the southern edge two thousand cubits, for the western edge two thousand cubits, and for the northern edge two thousand cubits, with the city in the middle; this will be for them the pasturelands of the cities. ⁶ "All the cities that you will give the Levites will be six cities of refuge, to which the killer can flee; in addition to them you will give forty-two cities. ⁷ All the cities that you will give to the Levites will be forty-eight cities, them with their pasturelands. ⁸ And the cities that you will give from the property of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* you will take more from the larger group and less from the smaller group; each of them will give according to the portion of their inheritance according to the portion that he inherits."

¹ The entire congregation of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting, and the land was subdued before them.*

⁹ The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits,* and its width ten thousand cubits.* ¹⁰ And to these shall be _⌊the holy district_⌋:* to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits,* and westwards its width ten thousand cubits,* and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits,* and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits,* and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it. ¹¹ To the priests, the ones being consecrated from the descendants* of Zadok, who took care of my service and who _⌊did not go astray_⌋* _⌊when the Israelites went astray_⌋,* _⌊just as_⌋* the Levites went astray. ¹² And it will be for them a special gift from the contribution of the land _⌊as a most holy object_⌋* next to the territory of the Levites. ¹³ And the Levites _⌊alongside_⌋* the territory of the priests shall have twenty-five thousand cubits* in length and in width ten thousand cubits,* its _⌊full length_⌋,* twenty-five thousand cubits* and its full width, ten thousand cubits.* ¹⁴ And they shall not sell any part from it, and shall not exchange, and shall not transfer the best of the land, for it is holy to Yahweh. ¹⁵ And _⌊the remaining part_⌋* of five thousand cubits* in the width _⌊by_⌋* twenty-five thousand cubits,* is unholy;* it is for the city as dwelling and as pastureland; and the city will be located _⌊in the middle of it_⌋.* ¹⁶ And these shall be its measurements: on its side to the north, four thousand five hundred cubits;* and on its side to the south, four thousand five hundred cubits;* and on _⌊the eastern side_⌋,* four thousand five hundred cubits;* and on _⌊the western side_⌋,* four thousand five hundred cubits.* ¹⁷ And a pastureland shall be for the city northwards, two hundred and fifty cubits,* southwards two hundred and fifty cubits,* and eastwards two hundred and fifty cubits,* and westwards two hundred and fifty cubits.* ¹⁸ And the rest in its length _⌊alongside_⌋* _⌊the holy district_⌋,* ten thousand cubits* eastwards and ten thousand* westwards; and it shall be _⌊alongside_⌋* _⌊the holy district_⌋* and its yield* shall be as food for the workers of the city.

¹⁰ Do not take a traveler's bag for the road, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for the worker is deserving of his provisions.

⁶ Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good things with the one who teaches.

¹⁷ The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching. ¹⁸ For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it* is threshing,"* and "The worker is worthy of his wages."*