And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, to the man who unintentionally takes his neighbor's life, that he may flee thither; and to them ye shall add forty and two cities, making a total of forty-eight.
The Levitical cities were in an special manner the Lord’s; and therefore the places of refuge, where the manslayer might remain under the protection of a special institution devised by divine mercy, w...
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...
SIX CITIES. See Deuteronomy 4:41.Joshua 20:2; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 20:8; Jo
_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...
AND AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LEVITES, THERE SHALL BE SIX CITIES FOR REFUGE, &C.— The cities of the Levites were appointed for this purpose, rather than any other, because they wer...
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 AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LEVITES THERE SHALL BE SIX CITIES FOR REFUGE, WHICH YE SHALL APPOINT FOR THE MANSLAYER, THAT HE MAY FLEE THITHER: AND TO THEM YE SHALL ADD FORTY AND...
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
(6, 7, 8) AND AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE... — The construction of this verse is involved; or, rather, there is a suspension of the subject in Numbers 35:6, and a resumption of it in Numbers...
וְ אֵ֣ת הֶֽ עָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ לַ
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...
Cities. Maimonides pretends, that all forty-eight cities of the Levites were asylums; though only six were bound to receive the fugitive gratis. Moses had promised a place of refuge, which he now gran...
Observe the cities of refuge were in the priests' lot. Was not this altogether typical of JESUS, who is the only refuge from the storm of divine wrath, and the only covert from the tempest of his just...
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...
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 AMONG THE CITIES WHICH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LEVITES,.... The number of which is not yet expressed, but is afterwards: there shall be SIX CITIES FOR REFUGE; a sort of asylums, of which there wer...
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites [there shall be] six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and...
_Cities for refuge_ Or, of escape for manslayers. And these cities are assigned among the Levites, partly because they might be presumed to be the most proper and impartial judges between manslayers a...
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...
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...
ADD: _ Heb._ above them ye shall give...
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...
FOR REFUGE, or, of _receipt_, or _escape_, or _resort_, to wit, for man-slayers; and these cities are assigned among the LEVITES, partly, because they might be presumed to be the most proper and impar...
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 35:6 cities H5892 give H5414 (H8799) Levites H3881 appoint H5414 (H8799) six H8337 cities H5892 refuge
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...
REFUGE The cities of refuge are types of Christ sheltering the sinner from judgment. (Psalms 46:1); (Psalms 142:5); (Isaiah 4:6); (Exo
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...
Deuteronomy 4:41; Hebrews 6:18; Isaiah 4:6; Joshua 20:2; Matthew 11:2
Cities for refuge — Or, of escape for manslayers: And these cities are assigned among the Levites, partly because they might be presumed to be the most proper and impartial judges between man — slayer...