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KJV Lexicon And they shall be unto you cities`iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. for refuge miqlat (mik-lawt') an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge. from the avenger ga'al (gaw-al') to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.); that the manslayer ratsach (raw-tsakh') to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder -- put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er). die muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill not until he stand `amad (aw-mad') to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) before paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) the congregation `edah (ay-daw') a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. in judgment mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 'The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly. International Standard Version They are to serve as cities of refuge from a blood avenger in order to keep the inadvertent killer from dying until he has stood trial in the presence of the community. NET Bible And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community. GOD'S WORD® Translation These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community. King James 2000 Bible And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stands before the congregation in judgment. Links Numbers 35:12Numbers 35:12 NIV Numbers 35:12 NLT Numbers 35:12 ESV Numbers 35:12 NASB Numbers 35:12 KJV |
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