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 35:2 in the real world
In what words
- אֲחֻזָּהʼăchuzzâhsomething seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
- מִגְרָשׁmigrâsha suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area aroun
- נַחֲלָהnachălâhproperly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; g
- לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of Levi
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
- יָשַׁבyâshabproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwe
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jos 14:3–4, Ezk 48:8, Jos 21:2–42, Ezk 45:1–8, 1Co 9:10–14, Ezk 48:22, Lev 25:32–34