Numbers 35:3

3 And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their enclosures shall be for their cattle and all their beasts.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 35:3 In-Context

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

2 Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.

3 And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their enclosures shall be for their cattle and all their beasts.

4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outwards two thousand cubits round about.

5 And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities .

Footnotes

• [a] glebe lands. This latter sense is probably the right one here.