וְהָי֧וּ הֶֽעָרִ֛ים לָהֶ֖ם לָשָׁ֑בֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם יִהְי֤וּ לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיָּתָֽם׃
И города должны жить в них; и земля их будет для скота их и для их тела и для всех их зверей.
Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin
127Num. 35:3. From where that one does not bury in Levitic cities? Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Ḥanina: And their open spaces shall be for their animals … and all their lives128This paragraph is copied here only as an appendix to the preceding; it does not belong here.. They were given for living; they were not given for burials.
Jerusalem Talmud Makkot
From where that one does not bury in Levitic cities? Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Ḥanina: And their open spaces shall be for their animals, and their property, and all their lives142Num. 35:3. The Babli, 12a, exempts homicides from burial outside the town limits on the basis of Mishnah 11.. They were given for living; they were not given for burial.