Numbers 35:8
Good News Translation
The number of Levite cities in each tribe is to be determined according to the size of its territory."

New Revised Standard Version
And as for the towns that you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it obtains, shall give of its towns to the Levites.

Contemporary English Version
Since the towns for the Levites must come from Israel's own tribal lands, the larger tribes will give more towns than the smaller ones.

New American Bible
In assigning the cities from what the Israelites possess, take more from a larger group and fewer from a smaller one, so that each will cede cities to the Levites in proportion to the heritage which it receives.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.

possession

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

Exodus 32:28,29 And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. . . .

Deuteronomy 33:8-11 To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction: . . .

Joshua 21:3 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs.

from them

Numbers 26:54 To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered:

Numbers 33:54 And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families.

Exodus 16:18 And they measured by the measure of a gomor: neither had he more that had gathered more; nor did he find less that had provided less: but every one had gathered, according to what they were able to eat.

2 Corinthians 8:13,14 For I mean not that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality. . . .

he inheriteth.

Context
Six Cities of Refuge
7That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs. 8And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.9The Lord said to Moses:…
Cross References
Leviticus 25:32
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed.

Numbers 26:54
To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered:

Numbers 33:54
And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families.

Numbers 35:9
The Lord said to Moses:

Joshua 21:1
Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel

Numbers 35:7
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