Numbers 35:4

Numbers 35:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.

Context of Numbers 35:4

2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. 3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. The 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. 6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

Numbers 35:4 word by word

וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙ הֶֽעָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּתְּנ֖וּ לַלְוִיִּ֑ם מִקִּ֤יר הָעִיר֙ וָח֔וּצָה אֶ֥לֶף אַמָּ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• The pasturelandsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
• around the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you are to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• ·חוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• from the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Commentaries on Numbers 35:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And the suburbs of the cities - shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Some have tried to explain the supposed contradiction between the 1,000 cubits (457 meters or 1,500 feet) and the 2,000 cubits (914 meters or 3,000 feet). One explanation is that the Hebrews thought of a town as a fixed center point. If so, the land around each town would form a square that measured 914 meters (3,000 feet) on each side. Another explanation is that there is a difference between the smaller pastureland mentioned in Numbers 35:4 and the…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 35:4

• Canaan
• Cities
• Levites
• Priest
• Suburbs

In the dictionaries

• City
• Congregation
• Levite
• Refuge, Cities of
• Testify
• Amorites
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Hittites
• Joshua (2)

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