John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 35:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And cities shall they have to dwell in, etc.] For them and their families, and indeed for nothing else, they having no trades nor worldly business to carry on in them: and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle; for stables and stalls to put them up in, and for barns and storehouses to lay in provender for them: and for their goods; where to bestow them, as the increase of their fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, (see <421218>Luke 12:18,19) and for all their beasts; or living creatures; or “for their whole life” f501; or livelihood, whatsoever was for the support of it; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, for all their necessities; and so Jarchi.

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