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Verse Numbers 35:33. _FOR BLOOD IT DEFILETH THE LAND_] The very land
was considered as guilty till the blood of the murderer was shed in
it. No wonder God is so particularly strict in his laws against...
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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...
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CONDITIONS LIMITING THE PRIVILEGE OF SANCTUARY. Anciently the holiness
of a sanctuary extended to all who came in contact with it, so that
the right of asylum was liable to be abused; but by this law...
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WHEREIN YE ARE. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and
Vulgate, read "wherein ye are dwelling".
BLOOD: i.e. blood unlawfully shed.
HIM THAT SHED IT. Compare Genesis 9:6....
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_The -Cities of Refuge,"_and the _Law relating to homicide_
In Numbers 35:9 the appointment of the six cities and their purpose
are prescribed; Numbers 35:16 contain specimen cases distinguishing
del...
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F. LAWS OF HOMICIDE vv. 16-34
TEXT
Numbers 35:16. And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that
he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17. And if he smite him w...
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_SO THESE THINGS SHALL BE FOR A STATUTE OF JUDGMENT UNTO YOU
THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS._
These things shall be for a statute of judgment. The law of the
blood-avenger, as thus...
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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...
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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
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וְ לֹֽא ־תַחֲנִ֣יפוּ אֶת ־הָ אָ֗רֶץ
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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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...
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THE PENALTY FOR THE MURDERER
Numbers 35:16
For murder the penalty was death, Numbers 35:30; but for accidental
homicide there was freedom within the city limits until the death of
the high priest, wh...
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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...
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_Defile not. To inspire a greater horror for murder the earth was
represented as defiled by blood, and only to be purified by the death
of the criminal. Without shedding of blood, there is no remissio...
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As one and the same subject is continued through these verses, I have
not interrupted the Reader in its perusal, until he hath arrived at
the close of it, in the end of the chapter. But it will be now...
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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...
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33._So ye shall not pollute the land_. In this concluding sentence, He
again reminds them that, unless they should exercise severe justice
against murderers, they would be guilty of sin against God; b...
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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...
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SO YE SHALL NOT POLLUTE THE LAND WHEREIN YE ARE,.... The land of
Canaan, as it had been by the old inhabitants of it, by idolatry,
adultery, and murder:
FOR BLOOD IT DEFILETH THE LAND: the shedding o...
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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...
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So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are, by sparing the life
of a murderer, due to false sentiment or the acceptance of bribe
money; FOR BLOOD, IT DEFILETH THE LAND, namely, that shed in willf...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CITIES OF REFUGE...
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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...
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LAND CANNOT BE CLEANSED:
_ Heb._ there can be no expiation for the land...
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9-34 To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the
more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest
relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or t...
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These words are added as a reason not of the last law, NUMBERS 35:32,
for in that case the land was cleansed without the blood of the
man-slayer. but of the law next foregoing that, NUMBERS 35:31, in...
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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...
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Numbers 35:33 pollute H2610 (H8686) land H776 blood H1818 defiles
H2610 (H8686) land H776 made H3722 ...
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FURTHER EXAMPLES.
Numbers 35:20
“ And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait,
so that he died, or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he
died; he that smote him shall su...
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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...
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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...
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_Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you _
THE CITIES OF REFUGE
I_._
The position of the homicide exposed to the stroke of the avenger is a
type of our position in our sin. Few p...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:9__ Canaan is the holy land because God
dwells there. He is the holy one, and sin and death are in absolute
opposition to him (see note on 5:1–6:27). If the land is made
unc...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:30 At least two WITNESSES are required
for a murder conviction (see also Deuteronomy 19:15). Ransom
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 23:26; 2 Kings 24:4; Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 21:23;...