Numbers 35:3 · KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 35:3
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give {also} unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, {shall reach} from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
Numbers 35 — Context
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan {near} Jericho, saying,
2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give {also} unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3And 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.
4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, {shall reach} from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
5And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city {shall be} in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Cross References
Ezekiel 45:2
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred {in length}, with five hundred {in breadth}, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. {suburbs: or, void places}
2 Chronicles 11:14
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
Joshua 21:11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which {city is} Hebron, in the hill {country} of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. {the city...: or, Kirjatharba}