Numbers 35:13
towns ......... six towns <08337 05892> [six cities.]
Numbers 32:36
Beth Nimrah <01039> [Beth-nimrah.]
Probably the same as Nimrim in Jer 48:34, and the Bethnabris mentioned by Eusebius, five miles north from Livias. Burckhardt says, that "in the valley of the Jordan, south of Abou Obeida, are the ruins of Nemrim, probably the Beth-nimrah of the Scriptures."
[Nimrah. fenced cities.]
Numbers 21:25
settled <03427> [dwelt.]
Heshbon <02809> [in Heshbon.]
Heshbon was situated, according to Eusebius, twenty miles east of Jordan; and Jerome, who places it at the same distance, says it was, in his time, a very considerable city. It still subsists, in ruins, under the name of Heshban.
villages <01323> [villages. Heb. daughters.]
Numbers 35:11
designate <07136> [ye shall appoint.]
As the {goel,} or kinsman, had a right to avenge the death of his relation, by slaying the murderer wherever he found him, the appointment of these cities was a humane institution for the protection of the involuntary homicide; for they were designed only for the protection of such.
unintentionally <07684> [unawares. Heb. by error.]
Numbers 35:14
three towns ............ three towns .......... towns <07969 05892> [three cities.]
Numbers 32:33
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
half ... tribe <02677 07626> [half the.]
realm .......... realm <04467> [the kingdom.]
Numbers 35:6
towns ............ six towns ... refuge ................... towns <05892 04733 08337> [six cities for refuge.]
give ................... someone ....... give <05414> [to them ye shall add. Heb. above them ye shall give.]
