John Gill Commentary Numbers 35:3

"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." — Numbers 35:3 (ASV)

And cities shall they have to dwell in
For them and their families, and indeed for nothing else, they having no trades nor worldly business to carry on in them:

and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle ;
for stables and stalls to put them up in, and for barns and storehouses to lay in provender for them:

and for their goods ;
where to bestow them, as the increase of their fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, see (Luke 12:18Luke 12:19)

and for all their beasts ;
or living creatures; or "for their whole life" ^F26 ; or livelihood, whatsoever was for the support of it; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, for all their necessities; and so Jarchi.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: (Mtyh lkl) "ad vitam ipsorum". Vid. Drusium.