From the wall of the city a thousand cubits It appears, by comparing these two verses together, that there were three thousand cubits allowed them from the wall of the city; the first thousand, properly called the suburbs, probably for outhouses, gardens, vineyards, and olive-yards; and the other two for pasturage, which are therefore called the field of the suburbs, (Leviticus 25:34,) by way of distinction from the suburbs themselves.
Verse Numbers 35:4. _AND THE SUBURBS OF THE CITIES__ _- shall reach _from the_ _wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about_....
11. THE CITIES OF REFUGE CHAPTER 35 _ 1. The provision of the Levites: Forty-eight cities (Numbers 35:1)_ 2. The cities of refuge (Numbers 35:9) The cities of the Levites were scattered through the...
APPOINTMENT OF LEVITICAL CITIES AND CITIES OF REFUGE. This law must be supplementary to, and later than, the law in Numbers 18:8, which does not contemplate the assignment to the Levites of cities in...
CUBITS. See App-51....
_The Levitical cities_ The Levites are to receive 48 cities with their surrounding land (E.VV. -suburbs"), six of which are to be -cities of refuge." The cities are to be contributed by each tribe in...
THE SUBURBS OF THE CITIES SHALL REACH, &C.— In the version of the LXX, _instead of a thousand cubits round about,_ it is _two thousand cubits,_ which, from the next verse, appears evidently to have be...
D. CITIES RESERVED FOR THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 35:1-8) TEXT Numbers 35:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2. Command the children of Israel, that they...
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE LEVITICAL CITIES. THE CITIES OF REFUGIE 1-8. The Levitical Cities. The tribe of Levi received no part of the land of Canaan as their inheritance (Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62). By way of compensa...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 35 THE TOWNS FOR LEVI’S *TRIBE – NUMBERS 35:1-8 V1 Still the *Israelites were camping on the plains of the cou
וּ מִגְרְשֵׁי֙ הֶֽ עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּתְּנ֖וּ...
THE CITIES OF REFUGE Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:1 1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an ideal settlement. We have, at all events, no...
THE CITIES OF REFUGE FOR THE MANSLAYER Numbers 35:1 This chapter is full of provision for the Levites, the chosen ministers of God's house. They who serve there may be at rest about their maintenanc...
It will be remembered that the Levites were not permitted to hold, any inheritance in the land. Jehovah was the portion of their inheritance. Provision was now made for them. Forty-eight cities scatte...
Paces. This is equivalent to 2000 cubits, (ver. 5,) or a sabbath day's journey. (Selden, Jur. iii. 9.; St. Jerome, q. 9. ad algas.) Hebrew retains the same word, amma, "cubit," in both verses: but som...
Observe the care of GOD over his ministry. Here, as in the gospel state, the LORD hath provided that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 1 Corinthians 9:14....
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
4._And the suburbs of the cities. _A discrepancy here appears, from whence a question arises; for Moses first limits the suburbs to a thousand cubits from the city in every direction; and then seems t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 34, 35, AND 36. Finally, God takes care of His people in all respects; He marks the limits of the country they were to enjoy. He settles the taking possessio...
AND THE SUBURBS OF THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LEVITES,.... The dimensions and bounds of them were not left to the Israelites, to give what ground they pleased for this purpose, but were f...
1 Eight and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with their suburbs, and measure thereof. 6 Sixe of them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The lawes of murder. 31 No satisfaction for murder. 1 AND the LORD...
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, that is, measuring directly from the city wall in a...
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES (vs.1-8) The Levites had no tribal possession, but were to be scattered among the tribes so as to serve and teach the ways of the Lord (Deuteronomy 33:10). Therefore the t...
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 o...
OBJECT. In the next verse it is TWO THOUSAND. How do these agree? ANSW. 1. LXX. interpreters read both here and NUMBERS 35:5 _two thousand cubits_, whence some suppose this to be an error in the Hebr...
The opening lines of this most interesting chapter set before us the gracious provision which Jehovah made for His servants the Levites. Each of the tribes of Israel was privileged that we say not bou...
Numbers 35:4 common-land H4054 cities H5892 give H5414 (H8799) Levites H3881 wall H7023 city H5892 outward H2351 thou
5). PROVISION OF CITIES TO DWELL IN FOR THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 35:1). As is regular in Numbers the regulations for the Levites follow on after the regulations for the people (compare Numbers 1:1 with Nu...
CONTENTS: The cities of refuge. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God would teach us to conceive a dread and horror of the guilt of blood and to be very careful of life, lest even by negligence we...
Numbers 35:4. _A thousand cubits on the east side two thousand cubits._ A line of one thousand cubits extending from the centre of the city, east, west, north, and south, would make each side of the s...
_Give unto the Levites. .. cities to dwell in._ THE LEVITES’ INHERITANCE 1. Cities were allowed them with their suburbs (Numbers 35:2). They were not to have any ground for tillage; they needed not t...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:1__ The Levites were excluded from inheriting land (Numbers 26:52). They were to live among the people, instructing them in God’s ways. In return, they were to receive
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES This chapter contains directions for the appointment of (1) cities for the Levites to dwell in; and (2) cities of refuge for the manslayer; and laws concerning wilful...
As we get into chapter thirty-five, it describes the cities of refuge that they were to establish, verse two, Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their...
A thousand cubits — In the next verse it is two thousand. But this verse and the next do not speak to the same thing; this speaks of the space from whence the suburbs shall be measured, the next speak...