Numbers 35:11 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 35:11

designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

BSB

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ASV

then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

KJV

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye shall appoint - cities of refuge - The cities of refuge among the Israelites were widely different from the asyla among the Greeks and Romans, as also from the privileged altars among the Roman Catholics. Those among the Hebrews were for the protection of such only as had slain a person involuntarily. The temples and altars among the latter often served for the protection of the most profligate characters.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This is exemplified among the Arabs in the present day. Should an Arab of one tribe happen to kill one of another tribe, there is "blood" between the tribes, and the stain can only be wiped out by the death of some individual of the tribe with which the offense originated. Sometimes the penalty is commuted by the payment of a stipulated number of sheep or camels.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם	ve.hik.ri.Tem	and you will make happen	H7136 →
לָכֶם֙	la.Khem	to <the> yourselves
עָרִ֔ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
עָרֵ֥י	'a.Rei	cities of	H5892 →
מִקְלָ֖ט	mik.Lat	refuge	H4733 →
תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה	tih.Yei.nah	they will be	H1961 →
לָכֶ֑ם	la.Khem	for <the> you
וְנָ֥ס	ve.Nas	and he will flee	H5127 →
שָׁ֙מָּה֙	Sha.mah	there towards	H8033 →
רֹצֵ֔חַ	ro.Tze.ach	a killer	H7523 →
מַכֵּה־	ma.keh-	[who] has struck down	H5221 →
נֶ֖פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	<of> a person	H5315 →
בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃	bish.ga.Gah	by inadvertence	H7684 →

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Where the connections lead

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
Joshua 20:2
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:41–43
  Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 19:2–13
  then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- Numbers 35:6
  Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- Numbers 35:11–24
  designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
Through
Exodus 21:13
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
leads to
- Joshua 20:2–9
  “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
- 1 Samuel 24:18
  And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
- 1 Samuel 24:10
  Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I…
Through
Numbers 35:6
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
leads to
- Joshua 21:3
  So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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