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Proportional Responsibility
Commentators explain that the command for tribes to give cities to the Levites was based on a principle of proportionality. Tribes with larger land inheritances, like Judah, gave more cities, while those with smaller inheritances gave fewer. This established a model of fair and equitable responsibility in supporting the Lord's work, where contributions are based on the blessings one has received.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 35:8
18th Century
Theologian
Nine cities were eventually given to the Levites from the large joint inheritance of Judah and Simeon; three were taken from the territory of Napht…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 35:6–8
19th Century
Bishop
(6, 7, 8) And among the cities which you shall give ... — The construction of this verse is involved; or, rather, there i…
John Gill
On Numbers 35:8
17th Century
Pastor
And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession
of the children of Israel
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 35:1–8
17th Century
Minister
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…