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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.

BSB

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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
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
הָיוּ֩ha.Yuthey wereH1961
עָרֵ֨י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892
הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜הha.mu.'a.Dah<the> appointingH4152
לְכֹ֣ל׀le.Kholfor allH3605
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְלַגֵּר֙ve.la.Gerand for the sojournerH1616
הַגָּ֣רha.Garwho sojournsH1481
בְּתוֹכָ֔םbe.to.Khamin midst of themH8432
לָנ֣וּסla.Nusto fleeH5127
שָׁ֔מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
כָּל־kol-anyH3605
מַכֵּה־ma.keh-[one who] strikes downH5221
נֶ֖פֶשׁNe.fesh<of> a personH5315
בִּשְׁגָגָ֑הbish.ga.Gahby inadvertenceH7684
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָמ֗וּתya.Muthe will dieH4191
בְּיַד֙be.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027
גֹּאֵ֣לgo.'El[the] avenger ofH1350
הַדָּ֔םha.Dam<the> bloodH1818
עַד־'ad-untilH5704
עָמְד֖וֹa.me.Dostands heH5975
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הָעֵדָֽה׃ פha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain