Numbers 35:1

The NET Bible®

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden at Yericho, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses on the desert plains of Moab beyond the Jordan across Jericho, saying,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab across from Jericho by the Jordan River. He said,

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Contemporary English Version
While the people of Israel were still camped in the lowlands of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho, the Lord told Moses

Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: v) In the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden, across from Yericho, Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord spoke to Moses. This was in the Jordan Valley in Moab, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
THE LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Good News Translation
In the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord said to Moses,

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord again spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, beside Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the fieldes of Moab by Iordane ouer against Iericho, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:

New Living Translation
While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho,

New Revised Standard
In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the waste plains of Moab, - by Jordan, near Jericho, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

THE MESSAGE
Then God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: "Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. Then they will be well taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said: ² "Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns. ³ 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. ⁴ 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. ⁵ "You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns. ⁶ Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns. ⁷ "So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands. ⁸ The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:1, Numbers 26:63, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 33:50, Numbers 36:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 26:3 - General Joshua 21:41 - within 1 Chronicles 6:54 - these are Ezekiel 48:10 - for the priests

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord .

Genesis 16:8
He said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai."

Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place "The Lord provides." It is said to this day, "In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made."

Genesis 31:3
The Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you."

Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.'"

Genesis 35:3
Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went."

Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

Genesis 35:6
Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:7
He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Genesis 35:10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake to Moses,.... After he had described the borders of the land, and given instructions about the division of it among the several tribes, and named the persons that should be concerned in parting and putting it into the possession of the Israelites, he makes a provision for the Levites; for though they had no inheritance in the land as a tribe, yet it was proper they should have cities and houses to dwell in; for it would not be suitable that they should be always about the tabernacle, as they were in the wilderness; and it is concerning this the Lord is said to speak to Moses,

in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho: where the Israelites now were, and had been for some time:

saying; as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXV

The Israelites are commanded to give the Levites, out of their

inheritances, cities and their suburbs for themselves and for

their cattle, goods, c., 1-3.

The suburbs to be 3,000 cubits round about from the wall of the

city, 4, 5.

The cities to be forty-two, to which six cities of refuge should

be added, in all forty-eight cities, 6, 7.

Each tribe shall give of these cities in proportion to its

possessions, 8.

These cities to be appointed for the person who might slay his

neighbour unawares, 9-12.

Of these six cities there shall be three on each side Jordan,

13, 14.

The cities to be places of refuge for all who kill a person

unawares, whether they be Israelites, strangers, or sojourners,

15.

Cases of murder to which the benefit of the cities of refuge

shall not extend, 16-21.

Cases of manslaughter to which the benefits of the cities of

refuge shall extend, 22, 23.

How the congregation shall act between the manslayer and the

avenger of blood, 24, 25.

The manslayer shall abide in the city of refuge till the death

of the high priest he shall then return to the land of his

possession, 26-28.

Two witnesses must attest a murder before a murderer can be put

to death, 29, 30.

Every murderer to be put to death, 31.

The manslayer is not to be permitted to come to the land of his

inheritance till the death of the high priest, 32.

The land must not be polluted with blood, for the Lord dwells

in it, 33, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXV