Mitzvah #299 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields“
Scripture Reference: NUM 35:2 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Masei)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ב צַו, אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְנָתְנוּ לַלְוִיִּם מִנַּחֲלַת אֲחֻזָּתָם, עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת; וּמִגְרָשׁ, לֶעָרִים סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, תִּתְּנוּ, לַלְוִיִּם.
Greek Text (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,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Masei
Sefer HaChinuch Number #408
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests