Passage results

View commentary related to this passage

Numbers 35

   
 ²"Command the children of Israel that they give unto the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

   
 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.

   
 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.

   
 ⁵And ye shall measure from outside 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.

   
 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.

   
 ⁷So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; these shall ye give with their suburbs.

   
 ⁸And the cities which ye shall give shall be from the possession of the children of Israel. From those who have many ye shall give many, but from those who have few ye shall give few. Every one shall give from his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth."

   
 ⁹And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

   
 ¹⁰"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: `When ye have come over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

   
 ¹¹then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer may flee thither who killeth any person unawares.

   
 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.

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

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

   
 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 who 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.

   
 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.

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

   
 ¹⁹The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer; when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

   
 ²⁰But if he thrust him out of hatred, or hurl at him by lying in wait so that he die,

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

   
 ²²"`But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without lying in wait,

   
 ²³or with any stone wherewith a man may die, seeing him not and casting it upon him so that he die, and was not his enemy neither sought his harm,

   
 ²⁴then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

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

   
 ²⁶But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge whither he had fled,

   
 ²⁷and the avenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,

   
 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.

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

   
 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.

   
 ³¹Moreover ye shall take no payment for the life of a murderer who is deserving of death, but he shall be surely put to death.

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

   
 ³³So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood 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.

   
 ³⁴Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit wherein I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.'"

Numbers 36

   
 ²And 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.

   
 ³And 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 added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

   
 ⁴And when the Jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be added 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."

   
 ⁵And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

   
 ⁶This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, `Let them marry whom they think best; only, within the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.'

   
 ⁷So 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.

   
 ⁸And every daughter who possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be the 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.

   
 ⁹Neither 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."

   
 ¹⁰Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad;

   
 ¹¹for Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their fathers' brothers' sons.

   
 ¹²And 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.

   
 ¹³These 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 the Jordan near Jericho.

View commentary related to this passage

Mark 10

   
 ²And the Pharisees came to Him and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?" -- testing Him.

   
 ³And He answered and said unto them, "What did Moses command you?"

   
 ⁴And they said, "Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away."

   
 ⁵And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

   
 ⁶But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female.

   
 ⁷For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife,

   
 ⁸and the two shall be one flesh.' So then they are no more two, but one flesh.

   
 ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

   
 ¹⁰And in the house His disciples asked Him again about the same matter.

   
 ¹¹And He said unto them, "Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

   
 ¹²And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to another, she committeth adultery."

   
 ¹³And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them; and His disciples rebuked those who brought them.

   
 ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased and said unto them, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.

   
 ¹⁵Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein."

   
 ¹⁶And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.

   
 ¹⁷And when He had gone forth onto the road, there came one running, and knelt before Him and asked Him, "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

   
 ¹⁸And Jesus said unto him, "Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God.

   
 ¹⁹Thou knowest the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, defraud not, honor thy father and mother.'"

   
 ²⁰And he answered and said unto Him, "Master, all these have I observed from my youth."

   
 ²¹Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said unto him, "One thing thou lackest: Go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me."

   
 ²²And he was sad at that saying and went away grieved, for he had great possessions.

   
 ²³And Jesus looked round about and said unto His disciples, "How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God!"

   
 ²⁴And the disciples were astonished at His words, but Jesus answered again and said unto them, "Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

   
 ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

   
 ²⁶And they were astonished beyond measure, saying among themselves, "Who then can be saved?"

   
 ²⁷And Jesus, looking upon them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible."

   
 ²⁸Then Peter began to say unto Him, "Lo, we have left all and have followed Thee."

   
 ²⁹And Jesus answered and said, "Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for My sake and the Gospel's,

   
 ³⁰but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.

   
 ³¹But many that are first shall be last, and the last first."