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Positive commandment 183 of 248

To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge*Under special conditions (See Maimonides’ Code Hilchoth Rozeach 10:13)

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge*Under special conditions (See Maimonides’ Code Hilchoth Rozeach 10:13)., as it is said, “…. that they give unto the Levites…. cities….” (Num. 35:2).

Numbers 35:2

KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
ASV
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
WEB
“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites.
JPS
’Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and open land round about the cities shall ye give unto the Levites.