Numbers 35:3
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.
Numbers 35:3 in other translations
| BSB | The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. |
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| WEB | They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals. |
| ASV | And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. |
| YLT | And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. |
| DARBY | And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. |
| BBE | These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts, |
| Webster | And they shall have the cities to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. |
What does Numbers 35:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:1-8
The cities of the priests and Levites were not only to accommodate them, but to place them, as religious teachers, in several parts of the land. For though the typical service of the tabernacle or temple was only in one place, the preaching of the word of God, and prayer and praise, were not thus confined. These cities were to be given out of each tribe. Each thus made a grateful acknowledgement to God. Each tribe…
Numbers 35:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:3
- Ezekiel 45:2
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord:
- Joshua 21:11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
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Context
- Numbers 35:2
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.
- Numbers 35:3
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.
- Numbers 35:4
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
Numbers 35:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tendrán ellos las ciudades para habitar, y los ejidos de ellas serán para sus animales, y para sus ganados, y para todas sus bestias. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils auront les villes pour y habiter, et leurs banlieues seront pour leur bétail et pour leurs biens et pour tous leurs animaux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Städte seien ihnen zum Wohnen, und deren Bezirke seien für ihr Vieh und für ihre Habe und für alle ihre Tiere. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum per circuitum: ut ipsi in oppidis maneant, et suburbana sint pecoribus ac jumentis: |