Numbers 35:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. ”

Numbers 35:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Appointment of Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge. This law must be supplementary to, and later than, the law in Numbers 18:8-32 , which does not contemplate the assignment to the Levites of ci...
Numbers 35:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

forty and eight cities. Compare Joshua 21:11 . So was Genesis 49:5 ; Genesis 49:7 fulfilled, that Levi should be "divided in Jacob and scattered in Israel". At first. curse, but changed to. ble...
Numbers 35:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
Numbers 35:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shall be six cities for refuge, &c.— The cities of the Levites were appointed for this purpose, rather than any other, because t...
Numbers 35:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Numbers 35:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Levitical Cities. The Cities of Refugie 1-8. The Levitical Cities. The tribe of Levi received no part of the land of Canaan as their inheritance ( Numbers 18:20-24 ; Numbers 26:62 ). By way...
Numbers 35:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6, 7, 8) And among the cities which ye shall give... — The construction of this verse is involved; or, rather, there is a suspension of the subject in Numbers 35:6 , and a resumption of it in Nu...
Numbers 35:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE CITIES OF REFUGE Numbers 35:1-34 ; Numbers 36:1-13 1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an ideal settlement. We have, at...
Numbers 35:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cities of Refuge for the Manslayer Numbers 35:1-15 This chapter is full of provision for the Levites, the chosen ministers of God's house. They who serve there may be at rest about their ma...
Numbers 35:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It will be remembered that the Levites were not permitted to hold, any inheritance in the land. Jehovah was the portion of their inheritance. Provision was now made for them. Forty-eight cities scatt...
Numbers 35:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Though the LORD made so plentiful a provision for his priests, yet it should be observed, and carefully observed too, that the LORD set bounds to it. Ministers were never intended to lord it over GOD...
Numbers 35:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities ,.... Of these forty eight cities, their names, and what tribes they were in, and which of them were particularly cit...
Numbers 35:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 35:7 [So] all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites [shall be] forty and eight cities: them [shall ye give] with their suburbs. Ver. 7. Shall be forty and eight cities. ] Thus th...
Numbers 35:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cities for refuge Or, of escape for manslayers. And these cities are assigned among the Levites, partly because they might be presumed to be the most proper and impartial judges between manslayers...
Numbers 35:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES (vs.1-8) The Levites had no tribal possession, but were to be scattered among the tribes so as to serve and teach the ways of the Lord ( Deuteronomy 33:10 ). Therefore...
Numbers 35:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cities of the Levites. B. C. 1452. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses in the plains o...
Numbers 35:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 35:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

5). Provision of Cities To Dwell In For the Levites ( Numbers 35:1-8 ). As is regular in Numbers the regulations for the Levites follow on after the regulations for the people (compare Numbers 1...
Numbers 35:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES This chapter contains directions for the appointment of (1) cities for the Levites to dwell in; and (2) cities of refuge for the manslayer; and laws concerning wilfu...
Numbers 35:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 35:4 . A thousand cubits on the east side two thousand cubits. A line of one thousand cubits extending from the centre of the city, east, west, north, and south, would make each side of th...
Numbers 35:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give unto the Levites. .. cities to dwell in. The Levites’ inheritance 1. Cities were allowed them with their suburbs ( Numbers 35:2 ). They were not to have any ground for tillage; they needed...
Numbers 35:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Cities of the Levites
Numbers 35:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 6:54-81 ; Joshua 21:3-42

Numbers 35:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 35:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 35:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 35:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 35:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 35:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 35:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 35:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 35:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 35:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 35:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 35:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 35:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 35:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge