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Numbers 35:7-9
New English Translation
Numbers 35:7-9
New English Translation
7 “So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands. 8 The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.
The Cities of Refuge
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
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Numbers 35:7-9
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Numbers 35:7-9
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7 So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be (A)forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land. 8 And the cities which you will give shall be (B)from the possession of the children of Israel; (C)from the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives.”
Cities of Refuge(D)
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Numbers 35:7-9
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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.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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Numbers 35:7-9
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Numbers 35:7-9
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7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands. 8 The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”(A)
9 Then the Lord said to Moses:
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