Numbers 35:2
“Command the people of Israel to give some of their own shares of land to the Levites. They must give them cities to live in and pastureland surrounding those cities.This verse 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