Numbers 35:4

What does Numbers 35:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 35:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites <FI>are<Fi> , from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

v.4This passage

v.5And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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