Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possessions, and you shall also give the Levites common land around the cities.

The common land of the cities which you shall give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.

And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the sons of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

Kibzaim with its common land, and Beth Horon with its common land: four cities;

Aijalon with its common land, and Gath Rimmon with its common land: four cities;

All the ten cities with their common lands were for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath.

and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common land, Daberath with its common land,

and from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common land, Abdon with its common land,

and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common land, and Kartan with its common land: three cities.

And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common land, Kartah with its common land,

and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common land, Jahaz with its common land,

and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common land,

So all the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

Every one of these cities had its common land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

And some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

Jokmeam with its common lands, Beth Horon with its common lands,

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common lands and Bileam with its common lands, for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath.

And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common lands, Daberath with its common lands,

And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,

And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, Hammon with its common lands, and Kirjathaim with its common lands.

And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common lands, Jahzah with its common lands,

And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, Mahanaim with its common lands,

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's. It is holy unto Jehovah.

And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy unto Jehovah.

These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.

Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the service in which they serve, the service of the tent of meeting.

But the Levites shall do the work of service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute, throughout your generations, that they shall have no inheritance among the children of Israel.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and as the fullness of the winepress.

Have you not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?

Therefore the king took counsel, made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!

Now this thing became a sin, for the people went before the one, even as far as Dan.

And Jeroboam instituted a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. Thus he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

After these events Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he went back to making priests from among all the people for the high places; whoever wished, he confirmed his hand, and he became one of the priests of the high places.