[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Numbers Overview]] [[Numbers 34]] [[Numbers 36]] # Numbers 35 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Towns for the Levites [[#Verse 01.]] While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,  [[#Verse 02.]] “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands. [[#Verse 03.]] These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.  [[#Verse 04.]] The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction.  [[#Verse 05.]] Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction—east, south, west, north—with the town at the center. This area will serve as the larger pastureland for the towns. [[#Verse 06.]] “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.  [[#Verse 07.]] In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.  [[#Verse 08.]] These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more towns to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer. Each tribe will give property in proportion to the size of its land.” ### Cities of Refuge [[#Verse 09.]] The Lord said to Moses,  [[#Verse 10.]] “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,  [[#Verse 11.]] designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally. [[#Verse 12.]] These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.  [[#Verse 13.]] Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,  [[#Verse 14.]] three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan. [[#Verse 15.]] These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety. [[#Verse 16.]] “But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed. [[#Verse 17.]] Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.  [[#Verse 18.]] Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.  [[#Verse 19.]] The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.  [[#Verse 20.]] So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.  [[#Verse 21.]] Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet. [[#Verse 22.]] “But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person, [[#Verse 23.]] or accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.  [[#Verse 24.]] If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim’s nearest relative:  [[#Verse 25.]] The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil. [[#Verse 26.]] “But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,  [[#Verse 27.]] and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.  [[#Verse 28.]] The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.  [[#Verse 29.]] These are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may live. [[#Verse 30.]] “All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.  [[#Verse 31.]] Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.  [[#Verse 32.]] And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.  [[#Verse 33.]] This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder. [[#Verse 34.]] You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the Lord, who lives among the people of Israel.” ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes