Study it in the app““Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites, from the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and pasturelands for the cities all around them you shall give to the Levites.”
“Commandצַוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthat they giveוְנָתְנוּto the Levites,לַלְוִיִּםfrom the inheritanceמִנַּחֲלַתof their possession,אֲחֻזָּתָםcitiesעָרִיםto dwell in;לָשָׁבֶתand pasturelandsוּמִגְרָשׁfor the citiesלֶעָרִיםall around themסְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםyou shall giveתִּתְּנוּto the Levites.לַלְוִיִּם
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsav” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzata” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shavet” appearspasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrash” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears1YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,
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3The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their beasts and for their goods and for all their animals.
