Numbers 35:2
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Command the children of Israel,.... All the tribes of them; it is not a bare instruction that is given them, much less a mere request that is made to them, or something proposed, and left to their…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Suburbs - Rather, “pasture-grounds,” required for their large cattle, for their sheep and goats, and for all their beasts whatever they might be Num 35:3.
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
suburbs -pasture lands" (marg.) rightly represents the true force of the word, which denotes lit. a place for drivingcattle (cf. Num 35:35). But it came to be used more generally of common land…
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