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

2Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also to the Levites common lands for the cities around them. 3And they shall have the cities to dwell in; and the common lands of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. And the common lands of the cities, which ye shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits on all sides. 5And ye shall measure from outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the common lands of the cities. 6And among the cities which ye shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

Numbers 35:4 word by word

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

• landsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• outwardחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• sidesסָבִיבsâbîyb 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