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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Numbers 35:7
So all the cities which ye shall giue to the Leuites, shall be fourty and eight cities: them shall yee giue with their suburbs.
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Hebrew Names Version
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
King James Version
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
Lexham English Bible
All the cities that you will give to the Levites will be forty-eight cities, them with their pasturelands.
All the cities that you will give to the Levites will be forty-eight cities, them with their pasturelands.
English Standard Version
All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
New Century Version
give the Levites a total of forty-eight cities and their pastures.
give the Levites a total of forty-eight cities and their pastures.
New English Translation
"So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.
"So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.
Amplified Bible
"So you shall give to the Levites forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasture lands.
"So you shall give to the Levites forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasture lands.
New American Standard Bible
"The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
"The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes.
All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes.
Legacy Standard Bible
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
Contemporary English Version
so they will have a total of forty-eight towns with their surrounding pastures.
so they will have a total of forty-eight towns with their surrounding pastures.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus you will give the L'vi'im forty-eight cities, with their surrounding open land.
Thus you will give the L'vi'im forty-eight cities, with their surrounding open land.
Darby Translation
all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.
all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.
Easy-to-Read Version
So you will give a total of 48 cities to the Levites. You will also give them the land around those cities.
So you will give a total of 48 cities to the Levites. You will also give them the land around those cities.
George Lamsa Translation
So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities in all, together with their suburbs.
So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities in all, together with their suburbs.
Good News Translation
with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.
with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.
Christian Standard Bible®
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasturelands.
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasturelands.
Literal Translation
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities, them and the open land around them.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities, them and the open land around them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so yt all ye cities which ye geue vnto ye Leuites, be eight & fourtye wt their suburbes.
so yt all ye cities which ye geue vnto ye Leuites, be eight & fourtye wt their suburbes.
American Standard Version
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.
Bible in Basic English
Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that all the cities whiche ye shall geue the Leuites, may be fourtie and eyght, them [shall ye geue] with their suburbes.
So that all the cities whiche ye shall geue the Leuites, may be fourtie and eyght, them [shall ye geue] with their suburbes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs.
Ye shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs.
English Revised Version
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
Berean Standard Bible
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that is, togidere eiyte and fourti, with her surburbabis.
that is, togidere eiyte and fourti, with her surburbabis.
Young's Literal Translation
all the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.
all the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.
Update Bible Version
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [you shall give] with their suburbs.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [you shall give] with their suburbs.
Webster's Bible Translation
[So] all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites [shall be] forty and eight cities: them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.
[So] all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites [shall be] forty and eight cities: them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.
World English Bible
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
New King James Version
So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.
So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.
New Living Translation
In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
New Life Bible
Give forty-eight cities in all to the Levites, together with their fields.
Give forty-eight cities in all to the Levites, together with their fields.
New Revised Standard
The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be forty-eight cities, - them, and their pasture lands,
All the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be forty-eight cities, - them, and their pasture lands,
Douay-Rheims Bible
That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.
That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.
Revised Standard Version
All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
"All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
Contextual Overview
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they haue to dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattell, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, shall reach from the wall of the citie, and outward, a thousand cubites round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the Eastside two thousand cubites, and on the Southside two thousand cubites, and on the Westside two thousand cubites, & on the Northside two thousand cubites: and the citie shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which yee shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that hee may flee thither: And to them ye shall adde fourty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall giue to the Leuites, shall be fourty and eight cities: them shall yee giue with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shal giue, shalbe of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that haue many ye shall giue many; but from them that haue few, ye shall giue few. Euery one shal giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Joshua 21:3-42, 1 Chronicles 6:54-81
Cross-References
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.
And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.
Genesis 28:19
And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.
And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.
Genesis 28:22
And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.
And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.
Genesis 35:1
And God said vnto Iacob, Arise, goe vp to Bethel, and dwel there: and make there an Altar vnto God, that appeared vnto thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
And God said vnto Iacob, Arise, goe vp to Bethel, and dwel there: and make there an Altar vnto God, that appeared vnto thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:3
And let vs arise, and goe vp to Bethel, and I will make there an Altar vnto God, who answered me in the day of my distresse, and was with me in the way which I went.
And let vs arise, and goe vp to Bethel, and I will make there an Altar vnto God, who answered me in the day of my distresse, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis 35:4
And they gaue vnto Iacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their eare-rings which were in their eares, and Iacob hid them vnder the oke which was by Shechem.
And they gaue vnto Iacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their eare-rings which were in their eares, and Iacob hid them vnder the oke which was by Shechem.
Genesis 35:5
And they iourneyed: and the terrour of God was vpon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sonnes of Iacob.
And they iourneyed: and the terrour of God was vpon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sonnes of Iacob.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it IEHOUAH Nissi.
And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it IEHOUAH Nissi.
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an Altar there vnto the Lord, and called it Iehouah shalom: vnto this day it is yet in Ophrah, of the Abi-Ezrites.
Then Gideon built an Altar there vnto the Lord, and called it Iehouah shalom: vnto this day it is yet in Ophrah, of the Abi-Ezrites.
Ezekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteene thousand measures, and the name of the citie from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
It was round about eighteene thousand measures, and the name of the citie from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities,.... Of these forty eight cities, their names, and what tribes they were in, and which of them were particularly cities of refuge, an account is given in Joshua 21:10:
them shall ye give, with their suburbs; according to the dimensions before prescribed.
