For the Lĕwites left their open lands and their possessions and came to Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, for Yaroḇ‛am and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests unto יהוה,
Numbers 35:3 - The Scriptures 2009 “And they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their open land for their cattle, and for their herds, and for all their livestock. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall have the cities to dwell in and their [suburb] pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their wealth [in flocks], and for all their beasts. American Standard Version (1901) And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. Common English Bible The cities will be theirs in which to live. Their pastures will be for their cattle, their possessions, and all their animals. Catholic Public Domain Version cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts. |
For the Lĕwites left their open lands and their possessions and came to Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, for Yaroḇ‛am and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests unto יהוה,
“Of this a square plot is to be for the set-apart place, five hundred by five hundred, with fifty cubits around it for an open space.
“Command the children of Yisra’ĕl that they shall give the Lĕwites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession. Also give the Lĕwites open land around the cities.
“And the open land of the cities which you give the Lĕwites are from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.
“And when the Lĕwite comes from one of your gates, from where he has sojourned among all Yisra’ĕl, and shall come with all the desire of his being to the place which יהוה chooses,
And they gave them Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron – Arba was the father of Anaq – in the mountains of Yehuḏah, with the open land surrounding it.