Numbers 35:11 — Meaning and Application

Numbers 35:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan {near} Jericho, saying,"

Numbers 35:2

"Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give {also} unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them."

Numbers 35:3

"And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts."

Numbers 35:4

"And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, {shall reach} from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about."

Numbers 35:5

"And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city {shall be} in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities."

Numbers 35:6

"And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites {there shall be} six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. {to them...: Heb. above them ye shall give}"