2 “Give the sons of Israel the command that they must give the Levites cities+ to inhabit out of the inheritance of their possession, and they should give the Levites the pasture ground of the cities all around them.+

3 So the sons of Israel gave the Levites,+ at the order of Jehovah, these cities and their pasture grounds out of their inheritance.+

4 As a holy portion out of the land it will come to be for the priests themselves,+ the ministers of the sanctuary, those approaching to minister to Jehovah.+ And for them it must prove to be a place for houses, and a sacred place* for the sanctuary.