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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 35:1

And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan,

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:
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,
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 And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan, 2 ayens Jericho, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei yyue to dekenes of her possessiouns, 3 citees to dwelle, and the suburbabis of tho bi cumpas, that thei dwelle in `the citees, and the suburbabis be to beestis, and `werk beestis; 4 whiche suburbabis schulen be strecchid forth fro the wallis of citees with outforth `bi cumpas, in the space of a thousynde paacis; 5 ayens the eest schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and ayens the south in lijk manere schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and at the see that biholdith to the west schal be the same mesure, and the north coost schal be endid bi euene terme. And the citees schulen be in the myddis, and the suburbabis with outforth. 6 Forsothe of tho citees whiche ye schulen yyue to dekenes, sixe schulen be departid in to helpis of fugityues, `ether of fleynge men, that he that schedde blood, fle to tho; and outakun these sixe, ye schulen yyue to dekenes othere two and fourti citees, 7 that is, togidere eiyte and fourti, with her surburbabis. 8 And tho citees that schulen be youun of the possessiouns of sones of Israel, schulen be takun awey, mo fro hem that han more, and fewere `schulen be takun awey fro hem that han lesse, alle bi hem silf schulen yyue bi the mesure of her eritage, citees to dekenes.

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
And fro thennus he passide forth to the hil Bethel, that was ayens the eest, and settide there his tabernacle, hauynge Bethel fro the west, and Hay fro the eest. And he bildide also there an auter to the Lord, and inwardli clepide his name.
Genesis 16:8
he seide to hir, Fro whennus comest thou Agar, the seruauntesse of Sarai, and whidur goist thou? Which answerde, Y fle fro the face of Sarai my ladi.
Genesis 22:14
And he clepide the name of that place, The Lord seeth; wherfore it is seyd, til to dai, The Lord schal see in the hil.
Genesis 31:3
moost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee.
Genesis 31:13
Y am God of Bethel, where thou anoyntidist a stoon, and madist auow to me. Now therefor rise thou, and go out of this lond, and turne ayen in to the lond of thi birthe.
Genesis 35:3
rise ye, and stie we into Bethel, that we make there an auter to the Lord, which herde me in the dai of my tribulacioun, and was felowe of my weie.
Genesis 35:4
Therfor thei yauen to hym alle alien goddis which thei hadden, and eere ryngis, that weren in `the eeris of hem; and he deluyde tho vndur a `tre, clepid therubynte, which is bihynde the citee of Sichem.
Genesis 35:6
Therfor Jacob cam to Lusa, which is in the lond of Canaan, bi `sire name Bethel, he and al his puple with hym.
Genesis 35:7
And he bildide there an auter to the Lord, and clepide the name of that place The hows of God, for God apperide there to hym, whanne he fledde his brothir.
Genesis 35:10
and seide, Thou schalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Israel schal be thi name. And God clepide hym Israel, and seide to hym,

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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