Numbers 35:29

35:29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance ¹  for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

Numbers 35:1

The Levitical Cities

35:1 ² Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. ³  He said:

Numbers 30:1

Vows Made by Men

30:1 ⁴ Moses told the leaders ⁵  of the tribes concerning the Israelites, “This is what ⁶  the Lord has commanded:

[35:29]  ¹ tn Heb “a statute of judgment” (so KJV).

[35:1]  ² sn This section has two main parts, the Levitical cities (vv. 1-8) and the Cities of Refuge (vv. 9-34).

[35:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[30:1]  ⁴ sn Num 30 deals with vows that are different than the vows discussed in Lev 27 and Num 6. The material is placed here after all the rulings of the offerings, but it could have been revealed to Moses at any time, such as the Nazirite vows, or the question of the daughters’ inheritance. The logic of placing it here may be that a festival was the ideal place for discharging a vow. For additional material on vows, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 465-66.

[30:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “heads.”

[30:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “This is the word which.”