Numbers 35:7
in Numbers 35The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.
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.
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This verse in Numbers 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseSo all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities,.... Of these forty eight cities, their names, and what tribes they were in, and which of them were particularly cities of refuge, an account is given in Jos 21:10, them shall ye give, with their suburbs; according to the dimensions before prescribed.
This site's exposition
to be appointed as cities of refuge
on Numbers 35:6-8
Six of the forty-eight are cities of refuge. Verse 8 sets the quota by size, "more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one". Albert Barnes notes from Joshua 21 that Judah and Simeon together gave nine, Naphtali three, and the rest four apiece.
This site's exposition
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight
Joshua 21:41 records the total reached, forty-eight cities with their pasturelands within the territory of the Israelites. John Gill notes that Joshua 21 names each town and the tribe it came from. Six of the forty-eight were cities of refuge.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֶעָרִ֗ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּתְּנוּ֙ | titenu | you will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַלְוִיִּ֔ם | lalviyim | to the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | [will be] forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עִ֑יר | ʾir | citi[es] | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֶתְהֶ֖ן | ʾethen | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ | migresheihen | pasture lands their | H4054 → | 119 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הֶעָרִ֗יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּתְּנוּ֙you will give
titenuH5414 →2011 times
לַלְוִיִּ֔םto the Levites
lalviyimH3881 →291 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים[will be] forty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
עִ֑ירciti[es]
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
אֶתְהֶ֖ן<obj.> them
ʾethenH853 →10935 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃pasture lands their
migresheihenH4054 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and MannaFest exposition, Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 35 read with Joshua 21.