Joshua 20:5 BSB — MannaFest

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22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכִ֨י	ve.Khi	and if	H3588 →
יִרְדֹּ֜ף	yir.Dof	he will pursue	H7291 →
גֹּאֵ֤ל	go.'El	[the] avenger of	H1350 →
הַדָּם֙	ha.Dam	<the> blood	H1818 →
אַֽחֲרָ֔יו	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יַסְגִּ֥רוּ	yas.Gi.ru	they will deliver up	H5462 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרֹצֵ֖חַ	ha.ro.Tze.ach	the killer	H7523 →
בְּיָד֑וֹ	be.ya.Do	in hand his	H3027 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בִבְלִי־	viv.li-	with not	H1097 →
דַ֙עַת֙	da.'at	knowledge	H1847 →
הִכָּ֣ה	hi.Kah	he struck	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רֵעֵ֔הוּ	re.'E.hu	neighbor his	H7453 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שֹׂנֵ֥א	so.Ne'	[was] hating	H8130 →
ה֛וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	<to> <the> him
מִתְּמ֥וֹל	mi.te.Mol	from yesterday	H8543 →
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃	shil.Shom	[the] third day	H8032 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 35:25
The 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…
leads to
- Exodus 29:7
  Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
- Leviticus 4:3
  If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Romans 3:24–26
  and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- 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…
Through
Numbers 35:12
You 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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 19:6
  Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not…
- Joshua 20:3–6
  so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- 2 Samuel 14:7
  Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother…
- Joshua 20:9
  These 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…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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 35:19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.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 35:22But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,Deuteronomy 19:6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

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