Numbers 35:3

3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

Numbers 35:3 in Other Translations

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.

3 The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.

3 These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

3 Then they will be well taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

3 The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their [other] animals.

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 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.

3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

4 “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.

5 Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 18:6; Joshua 14:4; Joshua 21:2