NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And the congregation`edah (ay-daw') a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. shall deliver natsal (naw-tsal') to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense the slayer 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). out of the hand yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), of the revenger 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.); of blood dam (dawm) blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) and the congregation `edah (ay-daw') a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. shall restore shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively him to the city `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. of his refuge miqlat (mik-lawt') an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge. whither he was fled nuwc (noos) to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) and he shall abide yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in it unto the death maveth (maw'-veth) death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). of the high gadowl (gaw-dole') great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent priest kohen (ko-hane') literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer. which was anointed mashach (maw-shakh') to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint -- anoint, paint. with the holy qodesh (ko'-desh) a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity -- consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (most) holy (day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. oil shemen (sheh'-men) grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness -- anointing, fat (things), fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, + pine. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 'The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. King James Bible And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. Holman Christian Standard Bible The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil." International Standard Version The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil. NET Bible The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil. GOD'S WORD® Translation [If you are innocent,] the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the chief priest who was anointed with the holy oil. King James 2000 Bible And 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, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. Links Numbers 35:25Numbers 35:25 NIV Numbers 35:25 NLT Numbers 35:25 ESV Numbers 35:25 NASB Numbers 35:25 KJV |
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