King James Version
Numbers 35:1 in the King James Version says “And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,”
Numbers 35:1 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“in the plains”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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