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New Revised Standard

Numbers 35:1

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Tribes;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Cities of Refuge;   High Priest;   Levites;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Joram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Levitical Cities;   Plain;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Acacia;   Jordan, the;   Priestly Code;  

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

Contextual Overview

1 In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance that they possess, towns for the Levites to live in; you shall also give to the Levites pasture lands surrounding the towns. 3 The towns shall be theirs to live in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle, for their livestock, and for all their animals. 4 The pasture lands of the towns, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the town outward a thousand cubits all around. 5 You shall measure, outside the town, for the east side two thousand cubits, for the south side two thousand cubits, for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, with the town in the middle; this shall belong to them as pasture land for their towns. 6 The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns. 7 The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands. 8 And as for the towns that you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it obtains, shall give of its towns to the Levites.

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
From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord .
Genesis 16:8
And he said, "Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called that place "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your ancestors and to your kindred, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and return to the land of your birth.'"
Genesis 35:3
then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
Genesis 35:4
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
Genesis 35:6
Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
Genesis 35:7
and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
Genesis 35:10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall you be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So he was called Israel.

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


 
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