Numbers 35:10 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers 35:10

8 And the cities which you will give shall be ^afrom the possession of the children of Israel; ^bfrom the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives.”

Cities of Refuge

9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ^a‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 then ^ayou shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

12 ^aThey shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

13 And of the cities which you give, you shall have ^asix cities of refuge.

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers

NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the first through the tenth chapters, appears to be a supplement to Leviticus, being occupied with relating the appointment of the Levites to the sacred offices. The journal of the march through the wilderness is then given as far as Numbers 21:20; after which the early incidents of the invasion are narrated. One direct quotation only from this book (Numbers 16:5) is made in the New Testament (II Timothy 2:19); but indirect references to it by the later sacred writers are very numerous.

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