1The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:2Command the sons of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and pasturelands around the cities; you shall give these to the Levites.3The cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their livestock and for their property and for all their living things.4The pasturelands of the cities that you give to the Levites shall be from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around.5You shall measure outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the middle; this shall be their pasturelands for the cities.