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Text -- Numbers 35:1-8 (NET)
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The Levitical Cities
35:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho . He said :
35:2 “Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess . You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns .
35:3 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 .
35:4 The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall .
35:5 “You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards , and on the south side 1,000 yards , and on the west side 1,000 yards , and on the north side 1,000 yards , with the town in the middle . This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns .
35:6 Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee . And you must give them forty-two other towns .
35:7 “So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight . You must give these together with their grazing lands .
35:8 The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites . From the larger tribes you must give more ; and from the smaller tribes fewer . Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
REFUGE, CITIES OF |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
LEVITICAL CITIES |
Moab |
PUNISHMENTS |
Levites |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Canaan |
JOSHUA (2) |
CRITICISM |
Priest |
CITY |
Suburbs |
Levite |
Cities |
MANSLAYER |
PIHAHIROTH |
SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY |
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
Liberality |
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NET Notes: Num 35:2 Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Num 35:4 Heb “one thousand cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) in length, so t...
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NET Notes: Num 35:5 The precise nature of the layout described here is not altogether clear. V. 4 speaks of the distance from the wall as being 500 yards; v. 5, however, ...
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