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KJV Lexicon These sixshesh (shaysh) six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth -- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth. 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. shall be a refuge miqlat (mik-lawt') an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge. both for the children ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. and for the stranger ger (gare) a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger. and for the sojourner towshab (to-shawb') resident alien -- foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger. among tavek (taw'-vek) a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in). them that every one that 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) unawares shgagah (sheg-aw-gaw') a mistake or inadvertent transgression -- error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly. may flee nuwc (noos) to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) thither Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there. King James Bible These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. Holman Christian Standard Bible These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there." International Standard Version that is, places of refuge for the Israelis, the resident alien, and any travelers among them. Anyone who kills a person inadvertently may flee there." NET Bible These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there. GOD'S WORD® Translation These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities. King James 2000 Bible These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that kills any person unintentionally may flee there. Links Numbers 35:15Numbers 35:15 NIV Numbers 35:15 NLT Numbers 35:15 ESV Numbers 35:15 NASB Numbers 35:15 KJV |
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