Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities;

How often ¹  are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away ²  by a whirlwind?

For the hills bring it food, ¹  where all the wild animals play.

The lotus trees conceal it in their ¹  shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

A club is counted ¹  as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, ¹  and the hills are clothed with joy. ² 

They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. ¹ 

“The Lord says, ¹  ‘That is why I will scatter your people ²  like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind. ³ 

The seacoast ¹  will be used as pasture lands ²  by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of three cities.

As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

Do not fear, wild animals! ¹  For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest. ² 

We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, ¹  “and room for you ²  to spend the night.”

So the people spread out ¹  through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.

So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.