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The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits round about.
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Spiritual Light for All
Matthew Henry highlights that the placement of Levite cities throughout the land was a strategic plan. It ensured that every tribe had access to religious teachers and spiritual influence. This prevented any part of the nation from being left in spiritual darkness, demonstrating God's desire for His word to be accessible to all His people.
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16th Century
Protestant
And the suburbs of the cities. A discrepancy appears here, from which a question arises. Moses first limits the suburbs to a thousand cubi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the suburbs of the cities which you will give unto the Levites The dimensions and…
Presbyterian
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…
