Numbers 35:1

THE MESSAGE

Then God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: "Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. Then they will be well taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden at Yericho, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses on the desert plains of Moab beyond the Jordan across Jericho, saying,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab across from Jericho by the Jordan River. He said,

New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Contemporary English Version
While the people of Israel were still camped in the lowlands of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho, the Lord told Moses

Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: v) In the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden, across from Yericho, Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord spoke to Moses. This was in the Jordan Valley in Moab, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
THE LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Good News Translation
In the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord said to Moses,

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord again spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, beside Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the fieldes of Moab by Iordane ouer against Iericho, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:

New Living Translation
While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho,

New Revised Standard
In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the waste plains of Moab, - by Jordan, near Jericho, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹Then God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: "Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. Then they will be well taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock. ⁴"The pasture surrounding the Levites' towns is to extend 1,500 feet in each direction from the city wall. The outside borders of the pasture are to measure three thousand feet on each of the four sides—east, south, west, and north—with the town at the center. Each city will be supplied with pasture. ⁶"Six of these towns that you give the Levites will be asylum-cities to which anyone who accidentally kills another person may flee for asylum. In addition, you will give them forty-two other towns—forty-eight towns in all, together with their pastures. The towns that you give the Levites from the common inheritance of the People of Israel are to be taken in proportion to the size of each tribe—many towns from a tribe that has many, few from a tribe that has few."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:1, Numbers 26:63, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 33:50, Numbers 36:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 26:3 - General Joshua 21:41 - within 1 Chronicles 6:54 - these are Ezekiel 48:10 - for the priests

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .

Genesis 22:14
Abraham named that place God -Yireh ( God -Sees-to-It). That's where we get the saying, "On the mountain of God , he sees to it."

Genesis 31:3
That's when God said to Jacob, "Go back home where you were born. I'll go with you."

Genesis 35:4
They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:6
Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother.

Exodus 2:15
Pharaoh heard about it and tried to kill Moses, but Moses got away to the land of Midian. He sat down by a well.

Deuteronomy 32:36
Yes, God will judge his people, but oh how compassionately he'll do it. When he sees their weakened plight and there is no one left, slave or free, He'll say, "So where are their gods, the rock in which they sought refuge, The gods who feasted on the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink-offerings? Let them show their stuff and help you, let them give you a hand!

Psalms 46:1
A Song of the Sons of Korah God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us.

Nahum 1:15
Look! Striding across the mountains— a messenger bringing the latest good news: peace! A holiday, Judah! Celebrate! Worship and recommit to God! No more worries about this enemy. This one is history. Close the books.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake to Moses,.... After he had described the borders of the land, and given instructions about the division of it among the several tribes, and named the persons that should be concerned in parting and putting it into the possession of the Israelites, he makes a provision for the Levites; for though they had no inheritance in the land as a tribe, yet it was proper they should have cities and houses to dwell in; for it would not be suitable that they should be always about the tabernacle, as they were in the wilderness; and it is concerning this the Lord is said to speak to Moses,

in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho: where the Israelites now were, and had been for some time:

saying; as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXV

The Israelites are commanded to give the Levites, out of their

inheritances, cities and their suburbs for themselves and for

their cattle, goods, c., 1-3.

The suburbs to be 3,000 cubits round about from the wall of the

city, 4, 5.

The cities to be forty-two, to which six cities of refuge should

be added, in all forty-eight cities, 6, 7.

Each tribe shall give of these cities in proportion to its

possessions, 8.

These cities to be appointed for the person who might slay his

neighbour unawares, 9-12.

Of these six cities there shall be three on each side Jordan,

13, 14.

The cities to be places of refuge for all who kill a person

unawares, whether they be Israelites, strangers, or sojourners,

15.

Cases of murder to which the benefit of the cities of refuge

shall not extend, 16-21.

Cases of manslaughter to which the benefits of the cities of

refuge shall extend, 22, 23.

How the congregation shall act between the manslayer and the

avenger of blood, 24, 25.

The manslayer shall abide in the city of refuge till the death

of the high priest he shall then return to the land of his

possession, 26-28.

Two witnesses must attest a murder before a murderer can be put

to death, 29, 30.

Every murderer to be put to death, 31.

The manslayer is not to be permitted to come to the land of his

inheritance till the death of the high priest, 32.

The land must not be polluted with blood, for the Lord dwells

in it, 33, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXV