Verse 8
Numbers 35:8
World English Bible
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Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to the Levites.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הֶֽ/עָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵ/אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵ/אֵ֤ת הָ/רַב֙ תַּרְבּ֔וּ וּ/מֵ/אֵ֥ת הַ/מְעַ֖ט תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ אִ֗ישׁ כְּ/פִ֤י נַחֲלָת/וֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִנְחָ֔לוּ יִתֵּ֥ן מֵ/עָרָ֖י/ו לַ/לְוִיִּֽם
English Translation
And the cities that you give from the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall give, and from the few you shall diminish; each according to his inheritance that he shall inherit shall be given from his cities to the Levites.
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Chapter 35 Context
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Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities...
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They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their po...
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“The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city...
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You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side...
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“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you s...
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All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their s...
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Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the man...
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Can...
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then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who...
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The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die, until he stands...
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The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
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You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan...
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For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall thes...
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“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer s...
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If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. Th...
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Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a...
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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to...
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If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
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or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to...
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“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
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or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and...
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then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these or...
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The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congr...
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“‘But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees...
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and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of b...
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because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after...
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“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your d...
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“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness s...
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“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall...
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“‘You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwel...
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“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can...
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You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the middle of which I dwell; for I, Yahweh, dwel...
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