Numbers 35:3
in Numbers 35The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
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ASV
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
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.
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This verse in Numbers 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle
on Numbers 35:3-5
The suburbs are pasture ground, the Hebrew migrash, given for cattle and goods, so the Levites hold grazing without holding a territory. Verse 4 measures a thousand cubits out from the wall and verse 5 measures two thousand on each of the four sides, and readers have taken the difference in two ways. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the first as the depth of the suburb from the wall and the second as a line drawn from its outer edge, while John Gill reports the Jewish writers giving the first thousand to cattle and goods and the further two thousand to gardens, fields and vineyards.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), a thousand cubits from the wall was allowed them for out-houses to keep their cattle in, and then two thousand more for fields to graze their cattle in,
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָי֧וּ | vehayu | and they will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הֶֽעָרִ֛ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| לָשָׁ֑בֶת | lashavet | to dwell in | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם | umigresheihem | and pasture lands their | H4054 → | 119 times |
| יִהְי֤וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ | livhemtam | for cattle their | H929 → | 190 times |
| וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם | velirkhusham | and for property their | H7399 → | |
| וּלְכֹ֖ל | ulekhol | and for every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַיָּתָֽם׃ | chaiyatam | animal their | H2416 → | 498 times |
וְהָי֧וּand they will belong
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
הֶֽעָרִ֛יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
לָשָׁ֑בֶתto dwell in
lashavetH3427 →1079 times
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗םand pasture lands their
umigresheihemH4054 →119 times
יִהְי֤וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙for cattle their
livhemtamH929 →190 times
וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔םand for property their
velirkhushamH7399 →
וּלְכֹ֖לand for every
ulekholH3605 →5413 times
חַיָּתָֽם׃animal their
chaiyatamH2416 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:9
But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now…
- Numbers 35:2–5
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- 1 Kings 12:28–33
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
- Joshua 21:20–42
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities:
- 1 Kings 13:33
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a…
- 2 Chronicles 13:9
Through
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.)
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:55
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
- Luke 1:39
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:55
Through
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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 42:16–20
With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.
- Ezekiel 42:16–20
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.