Numbers 35:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 35:3

Cities for the Levites

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in ^athe plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:

2 ^a“Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites ^bcommon-land around the cities.

3 They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

4 The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.

5 And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:3

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American Standard Version
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

Amplified® Bible
They shall have the cities to dwell in and their [suburb] pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their wealth [in flocks], and for all their beasts.

Contemporary English Version
That way, the Levites will have towns to live in and pastures for their animals.

Darby English Version
And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Good News Bible
These cities will belong to the Levites, and they will live there. The pasture land will be for their cattle and all their other animals.

King James Version
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

New American Standard Bible
"The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.

New International Version
Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for their cattle, flocks and all their other livestock.

New King James Version
They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The cities shall belong to them to live in; and their pasture lands they shall receive for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.

Revised Standard Version
The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.

Young's Literal Translation
And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

New English Translation
Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

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Cities for the Levites

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