Numbers 35:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 35:7

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.

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,

Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:7

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American Standard Version
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them `shall ye give' with their suburbs.

Amplified® Bible
So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; you shall give them with their adjacent [suburb] pasturelands.

Contemporary English Version
so they will have a total of forty-eight towns with their surrounding pastures.

Darby English Version
all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

Good News Bible
with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.

King James Version
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

New American Standard Bible
"All the cities which you shall give to the Levites {shall be} forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.

New International Version
In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.

New King James Version
So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall consist of forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.

Revised Standard Version
All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.

Young's Literal Translation
all the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.

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