March 2nd Numbers 34
1: And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 2: Command the children
of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is
the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan
with the coasts thereof:) 3:
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast
of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea
eastward: 4: And your border
shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and
the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go
on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon: 5:
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and
the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6: And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great
sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye
shall point out for you mount Hor: 8:
From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and
the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 9: And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of
it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. 10: And ye shall point out your east
border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: 11:
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain;
and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of
Chinnereth eastward: 12: And
the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the
salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 13: And Moses commanded the children
of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the
LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 14: For the tribe of the children of
Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children
of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their
inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: 15: The two tribes and the half tribe
have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward,
toward the sunrising. 16: And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar
the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18:
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19: And the names of the men
are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20: And of the tribe of the children
of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21:
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki
the son of Jogli. 23: The
prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh,
Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24:
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of
Shiphtan. 25: And the prince of
the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26: And the prince of the tribe of
the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27: And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud
the son of Shelomi. 28: And the
prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29: These are they whom the LORD
commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of
Canaan.
Numbers
35 Cites for the Levites
1: And the LORD spake unto Moses in
the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 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. 3: 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. 4:
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. 5: 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. 6:
And 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. 7: So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be
forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8: 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.
Cites
of refuge
9: And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 10: Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the
land of Canaan; 11: Then ye
shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may
flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12: And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the
avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in
judgment. 13: And of these
cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14: Ye 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. 15:
These 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. 16:
And 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. 17: And 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. 18: Or 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. 19:
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he
shall slay him. 20: But if he
thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; 21: Or 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. 22: But if he thrust him suddenly
without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23: Or 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: 24:
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood
according to these judgments: 25:
And 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. 26: But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border
of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 27: And 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: 28: Because
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. 29: So
these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. 30:
Whoso 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. 31: Moreover ye shall take
no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he
shall be surely put to death. 32:
And 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. 33: So 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. 34: Defile not therefore the land
which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the
children of Israel.
Numbers
36 Inheritance
1: And the chief fathers of the
families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of
the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and
before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: 2: And they said, The LORD commanded
my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel:
and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our
brother unto his daughters. 3:
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children
of Israel,
then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and
shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so
shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4: And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall
be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5:
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the
LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6: This is the thing which the LORD
doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to
whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall
they marry. 7: So shall not the
inheritance of the children of Israel
remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall
keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8: And every daughter, that
possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of
the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the
inheritance of his fathers. 9:
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every
one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his
own inheritance. 10: Even as
the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11: For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah,
and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their
father's brothers' sons: 12:
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their
father. 13: These are the
commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses
unto the children of Israel
in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
In chapter 35 the Lord through Moses
commands the children of Israel
to go into the land and possess it. The Lord describes the physical boundries
of the land that is theirs to possess. The Lord also explains the cities in
which the Levites will have their inheritance and specifies the cities of
refuge. And then closes todays reading with the law of inheritance. So first
the Lord explains the extent of the land and the borders that were to be
secure. Then the Lord explains that the Levites are not to have land but they
are to have cites. They were not going to be farmers or herdsmen they were
deicated to the Lord for his service they would be separate unto the Lord and
they would live in the walled cites. In the suburbs of the cites they would
have livestock. The suburbs would extend only a mile beyond the city. Among the
cites of the Levites there were six cities called cities of refuge. These cities
were appointed as a place of safety for anyone who had accidentally killed
another man. As well as these 6 cities they had another 42 cities of the
Levites, So they had in all 48 cities. Those families that had many members
would have more cities but small famies had fewer cities. Then the Lord names
the cities of refuge. These cites were not a permanent solution but they were a
temporary place of safety until a trial could be set up. There were three
cities on the east of Jordan
and three on the west. They were only for the man who slays another by
accident. If a man murdered another then the revenger could kill him whenever
he met him but not if he was in a city of refuge. The man must stay within the
boundry of the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. When the high
priest died the revenger of blood must leave the man alone. This prevented the
land from being filled with blood. Israel was a safe place to live.
Then we find a question regarding the Daughters of Zelophehad and the judgment
was, that they were to marry only within the tribe to enable the inheritance to
remain in that tribe. This was adopted as the principle throughout all Israel.
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