Numbers 35:24 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 35:24

then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

BSB

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ASV

then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

KJV

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then the congregation,.... That is, the court of judicature, assembled together to hear and try this cause: shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood; shall hear what both have to say, and pass sentence: according to these judgments; these judicial laws and rules of judgment before delivered, exemplified in various cases.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָֽׁפְטוּ֙	ve.sha.fe.Tu	and they will judge	H8199 →
הָֽעֵדָ֔ה	ha.'e.Dah	the congregation	H5712 →
בֵּ֚ין	bein	between	H996 →
הַמַּכֶּ֔ה	ha.ma.Keh	the [one who] struck	H5221 →
וּבֵ֖ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
גֹּאֵ֣ל	go.'El	[the] avenger of	H1350 →
הַדָּ֑ם	ha.Dam	<the> blood	H1818 →
עַ֥ל	'al	on	H5921 →
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים	ha.mish.pa.Tim	the judgments	H4941 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

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Through
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…
leads to
- 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.
- Hebrews 9:26
  Otherwise, 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…
- Numbers 35:24–25
  then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
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…
- Deuteronomy 19:11–12

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