Numbers 35:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

In Context

2Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:1And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.

Numbers 31:12And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.

Numbers 36:13These are the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

Joshua 21:1And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:1

Orders having been given before for the dividing of the land of Canaan among the lay-tribes (as I may call them), care is here taken for a competent provision for the clergy, the tribe of Levi, which ministered in holy things. I. Forty-eight cities were to be assigned them, with their suburbs, some in every tribe, ver. 1-8 . II. Six cities out of these were to be for cities of refuge, for any man that killed another unawares, ver. 9-15 . In the law concerning these observe, 1. In what case sanctuary was not… Read the whole commentary →

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