Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Suburbs - Rather, “pasture-grounds,” required for their large cattle, for their sheep and goats, and for all their beasts whatever they migh…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Cities to dwell in. The object of the dispersion of the Levites throughout the other tribes seems to have been primarily…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Command the children of Israel
All the tribes of them; it is not a bare instruction that is given them, much less a …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The cities of the priests and Levites were not only to accommodate them but to place them, as religious teachers, in several parts of the land. For…

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