Numbers 35:8

And the cities that you give shall be of the inheritance of the Beni Israel; of those who have many you shall give many, and of the few you shall give few; each according to his possession he inherits shall he give of his cities to the Levites.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

9And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

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Cross References

Exodus 16:18And they measured with an omera, and he who had (gathered) much had not more, and he who had (gathered) little had not less; every man according to his eating they gathered.

Numbers 26:54To the many thou shalt make large their possession, and to the few thou shalt make their possession small; to each according to his number shalt thou give his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said: With perfections and lights, clothe Thou the man who is found holy before Thee whom Thou didst try in the temptation, and he was upright, and whom Thou didst prove at the Waters of Contention, and he was faithful.

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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