Bamidbar 35:3

3 And the towns shall they have to dwell in; and the open pasturelands of them shall be for their behemah, and for their livestock, and for all their animals.

Bamidbar 35:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:3

And cities shall they have to dwell in
For them and their families, and indeed for nothing else, they having no trades nor worldly business to carry on in them:

and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle;
for stables and stalls to put them up in, and for barns and storehouses to lay in provender for them:

and for their goods;
where to bestow them, as the increase of their fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, see ( Luke 12:18 Luke 12:19 )

and for all their beasts;
or living creatures; or "for their whole life" ^F26; or livelihood, whatsoever was for the support of it; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, for all their necessities; and so Jarchi.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Mtyh lkl) "ad vitam ipsorum". Vid. Drusium.

Bamidbar 35:3 In-Context

1 5 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho, saying,

2 Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they give unto the Levi’im from the nachalah of their achuzzah towns to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levi’im open pasturelands around the towns.

3 And the towns shall they have to dwell in; and the open pasturelands of them shall be for their behemah, and for their livestock, and for all their animals.

4 And the open pasturelands of the towns, which ye shall give unto the Levi’im, shall reach from the wall of the Ir and outward a thousand cubits all around.

5 And ye shall measure from outside the Ir on the east side 2000 cubits, and on the south side 2000 cubits, and on the west side 2000 cubits, and on the north side 2000 cubits; and the Ir shall be in the midst; this shall be to them the open pasturelands of the towns.