Numbers 35:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 35:4

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.

6 “Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint ^asix cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.

7 So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be ^aforty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:4

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American Standard Version
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Amplified® Bible
And the pasturelands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward 1,000 cubits round about.

Contemporary English Version
The pasture around each of these towns must be in the shape of a square, with the town itself in the center. The pasture is to measure three thousand feet on each side, with fifteen hundred feet of land outside each of the town walls. This will be the Levites' pastureland.

Darby English Version
And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

Good News Bible
The pasture land is to extend outward from the city walls five hundred yards in each direction,

King James Version
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

New American Standard Bible
"The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites {shall extend} from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around.

New International Version
"The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend out fifteen hundred feet from the town wall.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around.

Revised Standard Version
The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all round.

Young's Literal Translation
`And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites `are', from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.

New English Translation
The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards¹ from the town wall.

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