Numbers 35:1
And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the waste plains of Moab,—by Jordan, near Jericho, saying:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 22:1Then did the sons of Israel break up,—and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 31:12and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel—the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp,—unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and the regulations which Yahweh gave in charge, by the hand of Moses, unto the sons of Israel,—in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.
Joshua 21:1Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun,—and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons 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 →