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Joshua 20:6

He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

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ASV

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

KJV

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיָשַׁ֣ב׀ve.ya.Shavand he will dwellH3427 →
בָּעִ֣ירba.'Irin the cityH5892 →
הַהִ֗יאha.Hi'<the> thatH1931 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עָמְד֞וֹa.me.Dostands heH5975 →
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָֽעֵדָה֙ha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712 →
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טla.mish.Patfor <the> judgmentH4941 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
מוֹת֙mOt[the] death ofH4194 →
הַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
הַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehhe will beH1961 →
בַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117 →
הָהֵ֑םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992 →
אָ֣ז׀'azthenH227 →
יָשׁ֣וּבya.Shuvhe will returnH7725 →
הָרוֹצֵ֗חַha.ro.Tze.achthe killerH7523 →
וּבָ֤אu.Va'and he will goH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
עִירוֹ֙i.Roown city hisH5892 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
בֵּית֔וֹbei.Toown house hisH1004 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whereH834 →
נָ֥סnashe fledH5127 →
מִשָּֽׁם׃mi.Shamfrom thereH8033 →

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Numbers 35:12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.Numbers 35:24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.Numbers 35:25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.Numbers 35:24–25then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.Joshua 20:9These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

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