| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 35:8:1 ⧉וְהֶֽעָרִ֗יםvehearimand the cities Numbers 35:8:2 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherthat Numbers 35:8:3 ⧉תִּתְּנוּ֙titnuyou shall give Numbers 35:8:4 ⧉מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣תmeakhuzatfrom the possession Numbers 35:8:5 ⧉בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbeneiyisraelof the sons of Israel Numbers 35:8:6 ⧉מֵאֵ֤תmeetfrom the Numbers 35:8:7 ⧉הָרַב֙haravthe many Numbers 35:8:8 ⧉תַּרְבּ֔וּtarbuyou shall take more Numbers 35:8:9 ⧉וּמֵאֵ֥תumeetand from the Numbers 35:8:10 ⧉הַמְעַ֖טhamatthe few Numbers 35:8:11 ⧉תַּמְעִ֑יטוּtamituyou shall take less Numbers 35:8:12 ⧉אִ֗ישׁisheach Numbers 35:8:13 ⧉כְּפִ֤יkefiin proportion to Numbers 35:8:14 ⧉נַחֲלָתוֹ֙nachalatohis inheritance Numbers 35:8:15 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherthat Numbers 35:8:16 ⧉יִנְחָ֔לוּyinchaluthey inherit Numbers 35:8:17 ⧉יִתֵּ֥ןyittenshall give Numbers 35:8:18 ⧉מֵעָרָ֖יוmearavavof his cities Numbers 35:8:19 ⧉לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פlalviyimto the Levites |
| 8. Formal Translation And the cities you give shall come from the possession of the sons of Israel. From a tribe with many cities you shall give more, and from a tribe with few cities you shall give fewer; each man shall give from his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation The towns you give to the Levites must come from the land the Israelites possess. Tribes with larger allotments must provide more towns and those with smaller allotments fewer. Each person must give towns from his territory in proportion to what he inherited. |