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Numbers 35:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
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Numbers 35:2 open_in_new
children. sons.
that they give. Jehovah gives to the Nation; the Nation gives to the Levites.
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Numbers 35:3 open_in_new
suburbs. pasture grounds.
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Numbers 35:4 open_in_new
cubits. See App-51.
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Numbers 35:5 open_in_new
to them.. special various reading called Sevir (App-34) reads "to you", with which agree some codices, Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and one early printed edition.
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Numbers 35:6 open_in_new
six cities. See Deuteronomy 4:41.Joshua 20:2; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:3.
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Numbers 35:7 open_in_new
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. blessing on account of Exodus 32:26; Exodus 32:29.
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Numbers 35:8 open_in_new
according to his inheritance. Nine from Judah and Simeon; four from Benjamin; four from Ephraim; four from Dan; two from the half of Manasseh; two from the other half; four from Issachar; four from Asher; three from Naphtali; four from Zebulon; four from Reuben; four from Gad. Compare Joshua 21:9; Joshua 21:16, &c.
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Numbers 35:10 open_in_new
When ye be come. Compare Deuteronomy 19:2.Joshua 20:2.
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Numbers 35:11 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
at unawares. by misadventure.
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Numbers 35:12 open_in_new
avenger. Hebrew. Goel, to redeem, to ransom. First occurrence is Genesis 48:16. next, Exodus 6:6; Exodus 15:13. Goel, when used in this connection, means to avenge bloodshed, as here; both were the duties of the next of kin, the kinsman. Our Goel not only redeems us from all evil, but avenges us of all our enemies. Romans 8:31-34.
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Numbers 35:14 open_in_new
three cities. Bezer, Ramoth, Golan (Deuteronomy 4:41-43).
and three. Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron (Joshua 20:7). These were placed in due order, east and west, in two ranks: Hebron over against Bezer. Shechem over against Ramoth. Kedesh over against Golan. If the Lord enlarged their land, they were to add three more (Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 19:9).
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Numbers 35:15 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Numbers 35:19 open_in_new
revenger of blood. See note on Numbers 35:12,
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Numbers 35:20 open_in_new
of hatred. Deuteronomy 19:11; Deuteronomy 19:12.
laying of wait. fixing the eyes upon. Hebrew. zediyyah. Occurs only here and Numbers 35:22.
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Numbers 35:22 open_in_new
without enmity. Compare Exodus 21:13.
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Numbers 35:23 open_in_new
was not his enemy. Hebrew "he not [being] his enemy".
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Numbers 35:29 open_in_new
statute of judgment. a regulative ordinance. Compare Numbers 27:11.
dwellings. dwelling-places.
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Numbers 35:30 open_in_new
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the evidence given by it.
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Numbers 35:31 open_in_new
no satisfaction. no ransom. Compare Psalms 49:7. Only God can redeem (Numbers 35:15).
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
which is guilty of death. if he has unlawfully caused death: "guilty" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the crime which has caused it. Hebrew "wicked, to die".
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Numbers 35:32 open_in_new
priest: i.e. the high priest. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read it so, as in Numbers 35:28.
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Numbers 35:33 open_in_new
wherein ye are. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "wherein ye are dwelling".
blood: i.e. blood unlawfully shed.
him that shed it. Compare Genesis 9:6.
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Numbers 35:34 open_in_new
Defile not. Defile thou not. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Defile ye not".
wherein. in the midst of which.
among. in the midst of.