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Numbers 35:8–9

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And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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  1. Numbers 26:54Rank 1 from verse 8
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    54To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

  2. Numbers 33:54Rank 2 from verse 8
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    54And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

  3. Exodus 16:18Rank 3 from verse 8
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    18And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

  4. Joshua 21:1–42Rank 4 from verse 8
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    1THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

    2And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

    3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

    5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

    9¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

    10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

    11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

    12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

    13¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

    14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

    15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

    16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

    17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

    18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

    19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    20¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

    22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.

    23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

    24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

    25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

    26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

    27¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

    28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

    29Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.

    30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

    31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

    32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

    33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    34¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

    35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

    37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

    38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

    39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

    40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

    41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

    42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

  5. 2 Corinthians 8:13–14Rank 5 from verse 8
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    13For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

    14But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

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Numbers 35:8

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

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Numbers 35:9

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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35:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

35:2Command 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.

35:3And 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.

35:4And 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.

35:5And 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.

35:6And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

35:7So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

35:8And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

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35:9¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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35:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

35:11Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

35:12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

35:13And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

35:14Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

35:15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

35:16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

35:17And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

35:18Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

35:19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

35:20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

35:21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

35:22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

35:23Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

35:24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

35:25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

35:26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

35:27And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

35:28Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

35:29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

35:30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

35:31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

35:32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

35:34Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

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