Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version "The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall. New Living Translation The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction. English Standard Version The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around. New American Standard Bible "The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. King James Bible And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. Christian Standard Bible The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall five hundred yards on every side. Good News Translation The pasture land is to extend outward from the city walls five hundred yards in each direction, Holman Christian Standard Bible The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall 500 yards on every side. International Standard Version The grazing lands that you are to reserve for use by the descendants of Levi are to extend 1,000 cubits from the walls of the town. NET Bible The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall. New Heart English Bible "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 around it. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The land around the cities that you give the Levites will extend 1,500 feet from the city wall. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the open land about the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. New American Standard 1977 “And the pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. Jubilee Bible 2000 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. King James 2000 Bible And the pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits all around. American King James Version And the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. American Standard Version And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. Douay-Rheims Bible Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side: Darby Bible Translation And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about. English Revised Version And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. Webster's Bible Translation And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits on all sides. World English Bible "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 around it. Young's Literal Translation And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites are, from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about. Study Bible Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites…3"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. 4"The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. 5"You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.… Cross References Numbers 35:3 "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. Numbers 35:5 "You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities. Treasury of Scripture And the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. thousand cubits. The Septuagint reads two thousand cubits, as in the following verse; but this reading is not acknowledged by any other ancient version, except the Coptic, nor by any of the MSS. collated by Kennicott and De Rossi. Various modes have been proposed for reconciling the accounts in these two verses, which appear in general to require full as much explanation as the text itself. The explanation of Maimonides is the only one that is intelligible, and appears perfectly satisfactory. The suburbs, says he, of the cities are expressed in the law to be Suburbs City And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites,.... The dimensions and bounds of them were not left to the Israelites, to give what ground they pleased for this purpose, but were fixed to what length they should be: these shall reach from the walls of the city, and outward, a thousand cubits round about; which was half a sabbath day's journey, and pretty near half a mile, which all around a city must contain a considerable quantity of ground, if the city was of any size, as it is certain that some of them given them at least were. 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. 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