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 blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
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ASV
These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
KJV
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | 'E.leh | these | H428 → |
| הָיוּ֩ | ha.Yu | they were | H1961 → |
| עָרֵ֨י | 'a.Rei | [the] cities of | H5892 → |
| הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜ה | ha.mu.'a.Dah | <the> appointing | H4152 → |
| לְכֹ֣ל׀ | le.Khol | for all | H3605 → |
| בְּנֵ֣י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וְלַגֵּר֙ | ve.la.Ger | and for the sojourner | H1616 → |
| הַגָּ֣ר | ha.Gar | who sojourns | H1481 → |
| בְּתוֹכָ֔ם | be.to.Kham | in midst of them | H8432 → |
| לָנ֣וּס | la.Nus | to flee | H5127 → |
| שָׁ֔מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → |
| מַכֵּה־ | ma.keh- | [one who] strikes down | H5221 → |
| נֶ֖פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | <of> a person | H5315 → |
| בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה | bish.ga.Gah | by inadvertence | H7684 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יָמ֗וּת | ya.Mut | he will die | H4191 → |
| בְּיַד֙ | be.Yad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| גֹּאֵ֣ל | go.'El | [the] avenger of | H1350 → |
| הַדָּ֔ם | ha.Dam | <the> blood | H1818 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| עָמְד֖וֹ | a.me.Do | stands he | H5975 → |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| הָעֵדָֽה׃ פ | ha.'e.Dah | the congregation | H5712 → |
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