Numbers 35:3

And the cities have been for them to inhabit, and their outskirts are for their livestock, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2“Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites cities to inhabit from the inheritance of their possession; you also give [the] outskirt around them, of the cities, to the Levites.

4And the outskirts of the cities which you give to the Levites [are], from the wall of the city and outside, one thousand cubits around.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:14for the Levites have left their outskirts and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests for YHWH,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:2-9

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 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. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye… Read the whole commentary →

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