Numbers 35:8
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
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ASV
And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.
KJV
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים | ve.he.'a.Rim | and the cities | H5892 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| תִּתְּנוּ֙ | ti.te.Nu | you will give | H5414 → |
| מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת | me.'a.chu.Zat | from [the] possession of | H272 → |
| בְּנֵי־ | be.nei- | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| מֵאֵ֤ת | me.'Et | from with | H854 → |
| הָרַב֙ | ha.Rav | the many | H7227 → |
| תַּרְבּ֔וּ | tar.Bu | you will increase | H7235 → |
| וּמֵאֵ֥ת | u.me.'Et | and from with | H854 → |
| הַמְעַ֖ט | ham.'At | the few | H4592 → |
| תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ | tam.'I.tu | you will decrease | H4591 → |
| אִ֗ישׁ | 'Ish | each one | H376 → |
| כְּפִ֤י | ke.Fi | according to [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ | na.cha.la.To | inheritance its | H5159 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| יִנְחָ֔לוּ | yin.Cha.lu | they will inherit | H5157 → |
| יִתֵּ֥ן | yi.Ten | it will give | H5414 → |
| מֵעָרָ֖יו | me.'a.Rav | some of cities its | H5892 → |
| לַלְוִיִּֽם׃ פ | lal.vi.Yim | to the Levites | H3881 → |
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