Numbers 35:7

Numbers 35:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
• New International Version (NIV)In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.

Context of Numbers 35:7

5You are to measure outside the cities 2,000 cubits on the east side, 2,000 cubits on the south side, on the west side 2,000 cubits, and on the north side 2,000 cubits. These are to be pasturelands for the cities. 6“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be cities of refuge, to which anyone who kills anyone may flee. Besides these, you are to give the Levites 42 more cities. In all, you are to give the Levites 48 cities with their pastures. 8The cities that you are to give to the Levites from the possession of Bnei-Yisrael should be proportionate to the inheritance of each tribe—give many from the one who has many and few from the one who has few.” 9Adonai spoke to Moses saying,

Numbers 35:7 word by word

כָּל־הֶעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה עִ֑יר אֶתְהֶ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• all the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• which ye shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• with their suburbsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054

Cross-references for Numbers 35:7

• Joshua 21:3So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the command of Adonai, these towns and their pastures:
• 1 Chronicles 6:54Aijalon with its open land, and Gath-rimmon with its open land.

Commentaries on Numbers 35:7

• 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. 6-86. there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer--The establishment of those privileged sanctuaries among the cities of the Levites is probably traceable to the idea, that they would be the most suitable and impartial judges--that their presence and counsels might calm or restrain the stormy passions of the blood avenger--and that, from their being invested with the sacred character, they might be types of Christ, in whom…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 35:7

• Canaan
• Levites
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• City
• Congregation
• Refuge, Cities of
• Suburbs
• 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