Numbers 35:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Revised Version 1895
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 22:1And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
Numbers 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Joshua 21:1Then came near the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children 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 →