Numbers 35:1, Eight and forty cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof; Numbers 35:6, Six of them are to be cities of refuge; Numbers 35:9, The laws of murder and manslaughter; Numbers 35:31, No satisfaction for murder.
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Numbers 35 — OverviewNumbers 35 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleOrders having been given before for the dividing of the land of Canaan
among the lay-tribes (as I may call them), care is here taken for a
competent provision for the clergy, the tribe of Levi, which ministered…Numbers 35 — OverviewNumbers 35 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThough the tribe of Levi had no part in the division of the land, yet cities out of the several tribes are here ordered to be given them to dwell in, to the number of forty eight, Nu 35:1, six of which were to be cities…Numbers 35:1-8Numbers 35:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe laws about the tithes and offerings had provided very plentifully
for the maintenance of the Levites, but it was not to be thought, nor
indeed was it for the public good, that when they came to Canaan they…Numbers 35:1Numbers 35:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNumbers 22:1, Numbers 26:63, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 33:50, Numbers 36:13Numbers 35:2Numbers 35:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLeviticus 25:32-33; Joshua 14:3-4, Joshua 21:2-42; Ezekiel 45:1-8, Ezekiel 48:8, Ezekiel 48:22; 1 Corinthians 9:10-14Numbers 35:2Numbers 35:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleCommand the children of Israel,.... All the tribes of them; it is not a bare instruction that is given them, much less a mere request that is made to them, or something proposed, and left to their option whether they…