Numbers 35:26New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he had fled;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— But, if the manslayer, go out, of the bounds of his city of refuge, whereinto he hath fled;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'And if the man-slayer at all go out [from] the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But if the slayer shall at any time go outside the bounds of the city of his refuge, to which he has fled;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; |
But if
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
the slayer
7523 {7523} Primeרָצַחratsach{raw-tsakh'}
A primitive root; properly to dash in pieces, that is, kill (a human being), especially to murder.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
shall at any time
y3318 [3318] Standardיָצָאyatsa'{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
come
y3318 [3318] Standardיָצָאyatsa'{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
without
3318 {3318} Primeיָצָאyatsa'{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
the border
1366 {1366} Primeגְּבוּלg@buwl{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
of the city
5892 {5892} Primeעִיר`iyr{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
of his refuge,
4733 {4733} Primeמִקְלָטmiqlat{mik-lawt'}
From H7038 in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle).
whither
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
he was fled;
5127 {5127} Primeנוּסnuwc{noos}
A primitive root; to flit, that is, vanish away (subside, escape; causatively chase, impel, deliver).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885 |
Numbers 35:26
He shall abide in it — Be confined to it, partly to shew the hatefulness of murder in God's account by so severe a punishment, inflicted upon the very appearance of it, and partly for the security of the man — slayer, lest the presence of such a person, and his conversation among the kindred of the deceased, might occasion reproach and blood — shed. The death of the high — priest — Perhaps to shew that the death of Christ (the true High — priest, whom the others represented) is the only means whereby sins are pardoned and sinners set at liberty. |
After the manslayer had been received into the city of refuge, the avenger of blood could only act as prosecutor; and the magistrates, in the presence of the people, were appointed to decide the cause according to the rules here laid down. Probably the accused person was tried at or near the place where the deceased had been slain, and where evidence could most easily be brought, and in case he was acquitted by the decision of the judges, and with the approbation of the people, he was conveyed back to the city of refuge, where he was protected as a kind of prisoner at large, till the death of the high priest; when the public loss, and the grief occasioned by it, might be supposed to swallow up all personal regrets and resentments, and then he was permitted to return to his house and estate. But if, in the mean while, he ventured to leave the city, and the avenger met him and slew him, he was supposed to merit his doom by thus neglecting the appointment of God for his preservation, and the avenger must not be punished. This shews that in other cases, if the avenger slew an innocent man on surmise, he was liable to the punishment of a murderer; but if, by the testimony of two credible witnesses, the man who had fled to the city of refuge was adjudged guilty, he must without fail be put to death. |
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