Numbers 35:3
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New International Version (©2011)
Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.

New Living Translation (©2007)
These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The towns are to be reserved for their dwelling places and the grazing lands are to be reserved for their cattle, livestock, and all their animals.

NET Bible (©2006)
Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then the Levites will have cities to live in and pastureland for their cattle, the flocks they own, and any other animals they have.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle, and for their livestock, and for all their animals.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts:

Darby Bible Translation
And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall have the cities to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

World English Bible
The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.

Young's Literal Translation
And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

35:1-8 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 though the typical service of the tabernacle or temple was only in one place, the preaching of the word of God, and prayer and praise, were not thus confined. These cities were to be given out of each tribe. Each thus made a grateful acknowledgement to God. Each tribe had the benefit of the Levites dwelling amongst them, to teach them the knowledge of the Lord; thus no parts of the country were left to sit in darkness. The gospel provides that he who is taught in the word, should communicate to him that teaches, in all good things, Ga 6:6. We are to free God's ministers from distracting cares, and to leave them at leisure for the duties of their station; so that they may be wholly employed therein, and avail themselves of every opportunity, by acts of kindness, to gain the good-will of the people, and to draw their attention.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - For their cattle. לִבְהֶמְתָּם, "for their great cattle," i.e., oxen, camels, and any other beasts of draught or burden. For their goods. "For their possessions," which in this connection would mean their ordinary "live stock," chiefly sheep and goats; the word itself (לִרְכוּשָׁם) is indeterminate. For all their beasts. לְכֹל־חַיָּתָם an expression which apparently only sums up what has previously been mentioned.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 12:18.

and for all their beasts; or living creatures; or "for their whole life" (z); 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.

(z) "ad vitam ipsorum". Vid. Drusium.

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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
1And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also to 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.

Numbers 35:2 "Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.
Numbers 35:4 "The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.
Deuteronomy 18:6 If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,