King James Version
Numbers 35:3 in the King James Version says “And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Numbers 35:3 · 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.
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.
And ye shall measure from without 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; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“shall they have to dwell in”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“and the suburbs”
H4054a suburb (i.e., open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of them shall be for their cattle”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and for all their beasts”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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