Numbers 35:3

Numbers 35:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

Context of Numbers 35:3

1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: 2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. 4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. 5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Numbers 35:3 word by word

וְהָי֧וּ הֶֽעָרִ֛ים לָהֶ֖ם לָשָׁ֑בֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם יִהְי֤וּ לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיָּתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• The citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• to live inיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and the pasturelandsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
• for their herdsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• their flocksרְכוּשׁrekûsh rekûsh · propertyH7399
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their other livestockחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416

Cross-references for Numbers 35:3

• Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
• 2 Chronicles 11:14For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
• Ezekiel 45:2Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

Commentaries on Numbers 35:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The tribe of Levi did not receive its own land. So chapter 35 explains how they received 48 towns spread out among the lands of the other tribes (see Joshua 21; see also Leviticus 25:32–34; 1 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 11:14). During the wilderness journey, the Levites lived in the center of the Israelite camp (compare Numbers 2:17). In the promised land, they were to live among the other tribes. Their presence was meant to influence the people for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-52. give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in--As the Levites were to have no territorial domain allocated to them like the other tribes on the conquest of Canaan, they were to be distributed throughout the land in certain cities appropriated to their use; and these cities were to be surrounded by extensive suburbs. There is an apparent discrepancy between Nu 35:4 and Nu 35:5, with regard to the extent of these…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 35:3

• Canaan
• Cities
• Levites
• Priest
• Suburbs

In the dictionaries

• City
• Congregation
• Levite
• Refuge, Cities of
• Suburbs
• Testify
• Amorites
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Hittites

Commentaries on Numbers 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings