Bible Cross References
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Numbers 35:2-5
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"Tell the Israelites that from the property they receive they must give the Levites some cities to live in and pasture land around the cities.
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These cities will belong to the Levites, and they will live there. The pasture land will be for their cattle and all their other animals.
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The pasture land is to extend outward from the city walls five hundred yards in each direction,
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so that there is a square area measuring one thousand yards on each side, with the city in the middle.
Joshua 21:20-42
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The other families of the Levite clan of Kohath were assigned some cities from the territory of Ephraim.
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They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer,
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Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Dan they were given four cities: Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
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Aijalon, and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of West Manasseh they were given two cities: Taanach and Gathrimmon, with their pasture lands.
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These families of the clan of Kohath received ten cities in all, with their pasture lands.
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Another group of Levites, the clan of Gershon, received from the territory of East Manasseh two cities: Golan in Bashan (one of the cities of refuge) and Beeshterah, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Issachar they received four cities: Kishion, Daberath,
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Jarmuth, and Engannim, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Asher they received four cities: Mishal, Abdon,
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Helkath, and Rehob, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pasture lands.
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The various families of the clan of Gershon received a total of thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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The rest of the Levites, the clan of Merari, received from the territory of Zebulun four cities: Jokneam, Kartah,
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Dimnah, and Nahalal, with their pasture lands.
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From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz,
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Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pasture lands.
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From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim,
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Heshbon, and Jazer, with their pasture lands.
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So the clan of Merari was assigned a total of twelve cities.
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From the land that the people of Israel possessed, a total of forty-eight cities, with the pasture lands around them, was given to the Levites.
1 Chronicles 6:66-81
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Some of the families of the clan of Kohath were assigned towns and pasture lands in the territory of Ephraim:
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Shechem, the city of refuge in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer,
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Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon.
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In the territory of West Manasseh they were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam with the surrounding pasture lands.
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The families of the clan of Gershon were assigned the following towns, with the surrounding pasture lands: In the territory of East Manasseh: Golan in Bashan, and Ashtaroth.
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In the territory of Issachar: Kedesh, Daberath,
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In the territory of Asher: Mashal, Abdon,
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In the territory of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim.
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The remaining families of the clan of Merari were assigned the following towns with the surrounding pasture lands: In the territory of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor.
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In the territory of Reuben, east of the Jordan River beyond Jericho: Bezer on the plateau, Jahzah,
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Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
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In the territory of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
their possession
Leviticus 27:30-34
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One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD.
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If you wish to buy any of it back, you must pay the standard price plus an additional 20 percent.
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One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the LORD. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the LORD.
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You may not arrange the animals so that the poor animals are chosen, and you may not make any substitutions. If you do substitute one animal for another, then both animals will belong to the LORD and may not be bought back.
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These are the commands that the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the people of Israel.
Numbers 18:21-28
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The LORD said, "I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.
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The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.
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From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel,
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because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."
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The LORD commanded Moses
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to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.
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This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine.
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In this way you also will present the special contribution that belongs to the LORD from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. You are to give this special contribution for the LORD to Aaron the priest.
Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 13:9
You drove out the LORD's priests, the descendants of Aaron, and you drove out the Levites. In their place you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of those so-called gods of yours.
1 Kings 12:28-33
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After thinking it over, he made two bull-calves of gold and said to his people, "You have been going long enough to Jerusalem to worship. People of Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt!"
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He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.
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And so the people sinned, going to worship in Bethel and in Dan.
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Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.
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Jeroboam also instituted a religious festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the gold bull-calves he had made, and he placed there in Bethel the priests serving at the places of worship he had built.
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And on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he himself had set, he went to Bethel and offered a sacrifice on the altar in celebration of the festival he had instituted for the people of Israel.
1 Kings 13:33
King Jeroboam of Israel still did not turn from his evil ways but continued to choose priests from ordinary families to serve at the altars he had built. He ordained as priest anyone who wanted to be one.