Numbers 35:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
then you shall selectוְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם
(ve·hik·ri·tem)
7136a: to encounter, meet, befalla prim. root
for yourselves citiesעָרִ֔ים
(a·rim,)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
to be your citiesעָרֵ֥י
(a·rei)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
of refuge,מִקְלָ֖ט
(mik·lat)
4733: refuge, asylumfrom an unused word
that the manslayerרֹצֵ֔חַ
(ro·tze·ach,)
7523: to murder, slaya prim. root
who has killedמַכֵּה־
(mak·keh-)
5221: to smitea prim. root
any personנֶ֖פֶשׁ
(ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
unintentionallyבִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃
(bish·ga·gah.)
7684: sin of error or inadvertancefrom shagag
may fleeוְנָ֥ס
(ve·nas)
5127: to flee, escapea prim. root
there.שָׁ֙מָּה֙
(sham·mah)
8033: there, thithera prim. adverb


















KJV Lexicon
Then ye shall appoint
qarah  (kaw-raw')
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
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.
to be 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.
of refuge
miqlat  (mik-lawt')
an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge.
for you that 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).
may flee
nuwc  (noos)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
thither which killeth
nakah  (naw-kaw')
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
any person
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
at unawares
shgagah  (sheg-aw-gaw')
a mistake or inadvertent transgression -- error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.

King James Bible
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

International Standard Version
they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.

NET Bible
you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
select certain cities to be places of refuge. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may run to them.

King James 2000 Bible
Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person unintentionally.
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