Nombres 35:8

Louis Segond

Les villes que vous donnerez sur les propriétés des enfants d'Israël seront livrées en plus grand nombre par ceux qui en ont le plus, et en plus petit nombre par ceux qui en ont moins; chacun donnera de ses villes aux Lévites à proportion de l'héritage qu'il possédera.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Or, quant aux villes que vous leur donnerez, sur la possession des enfants d'Israël, vous en prendrez plus de ceux qui en auront plus, et moins de ceux qui en auront moins; chacun donnera de ses villes aux Lévites, en proportion de l'héritage qu'il possédera.

Darby's French Translation
Et quant aux villes que vous donnerez sur la possession des fils d'Israël, de ceux qui en auront beaucoup vous en prendrez beaucoup, et de ceux qui en auront peu vous en prendrez peu: chacun donnera de ses villes aux Lévites, à proportion de l'héritage qu'il aura reçu en partage.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et quant aux villes que vous donnerez de la possession des enfants d'Israël, vous en donnerez plus [de la portion de] ceux qui en auront plus, et vous en donnerez moins, [de la portion de] ceux qui en auront moins, chacun donnera de ses villes aux Lévites à proportion de l'héritage qu'il possédera.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

possession: Genesis 49:7, Exodus 32:28, Exodus 32:29, Deuteronomy 33:8-11, Joshua 21:3

from them: Numbers 26:54, Numbers 33:54, Exodus 16:18, 2 Corinthians 8:13, 2 Corinthians 8:14

he inheriteth: Heb. they inherit

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:4 - the tribe

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel,.... What shall fall by lot for their inheritance, and they shall be possessed of; and though they are, shall not refuse, nor grudge to give them, according to the direction of God, whose the land is, they holding it under him:

from [them that have] many ye shall give many, but from [them that have] few ye shall give few; which rule was observed; for out of Judah, whose lot was large, and out of Simeon, whose inheritance was within that of Judah, because it was so large, nine cities were given, whereas out of the other tribes only four cities out of each were given, and out of one of them but three, see Joshua 21:1,

everyone shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to his inheritance which he inheriteth; and the Levites, being thus dispersed among the several tribes, were of great advantage to them, to instruct them in the knowledge of divine things; so that though hereby Jacob's curse on this tribe had its fulfilment, that it should be divided in Jacob, and scattered in Israel, yet that became a blessing to the rest of the tribes; see Genesis 49:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nine cities were eventually given to the Levites from the large joint inheritance of Judah and Simeon; three were taken from the territory of Naphtali, and the other tribes gave each four apiece.