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KJV Lexicon Because he should have remainedyashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in 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. until 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. but after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) 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. 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). shall return shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively into the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. of his possession 'achuzzah (akh-ooz-zaw') something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land) -- possession. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. King James Bible Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. Holman Christian Standard Bible for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses. International Standard Version The inadvertent killer is to live in the town of refuge until the High Priest dies. After the death of the High Priest, the inadvertent killer is to return to the land of his inheritance. NET Bible because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions. GOD'S WORD® Translation Accused murderers must stay in their city of refuge until the death of the chief priest. They may go back to their own property only after his death. King James 2000 Bible Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. Links Numbers 35:28Numbers 35:28 NIV Numbers 35:28 NLT Numbers 35:28 ESV Numbers 35:28 NASB Numbers 35:28 KJV |
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