KJV King James Version
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
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Numbers 35:2
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
WEB World English Bible
“Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.
ASV American Standard Version
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.
Surrounding context — Numbers 35
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
צַו֮H6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵל֒H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְנָתְנ֣וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלַלְוִיִּ֗םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviמִֽנַּחֲלַ֛תH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceאֲחֻזָּתָ֖םH272 · a.chuz.zahpossessionעָרִ֣יםH5892 · irexcitementלָשָׁ֑בֶתH3427 · ya.shavto dwellוּמִגְרָ֗שׁH4054 · mig.rashpastureלֶֽעָרִים֙H5892 · irexcitementסְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םH5439 · sa.vivaroundתִּתְּנ֖וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלַלְוִיִּֽם׃H3881 · le.viy.yiLevi
Cross-references
Joshua 14:3-4For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.Ezekiel 48:8And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in] length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.Joshua 21:2-42And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.Ezekiel 48:22Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that] which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.Leviticus 25:32-34Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, [and] the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.1 Corinthians 9:10-14Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.Ezekiel 45:1-8Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length [shall be] the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth [shall be] ten thousand. This [shall be] holy in all the borders thereof round about.
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