Numbers 35:29
in Numbers 35This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
KJV
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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This verse in Numbers 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
a statutory ordinance for you
on Numbers 35:29-30
Verse 30 forbids a death "based on the testimony of a lone witness", a rule Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15 repeat. Adam Clarke's practical ground is that one man may be mistaken or malicious, and separate examinations expose the difference.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism.
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָי֨וּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֵ֧לֶּה | ʾeleh | these [things] | H428 → | 746 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| לְחֻקַּ֥ת | lechukat | <into> a statute of | H2708 → | 104 times |
| מִשְׁפָּ֖ט | mishpat | judgment | H4941 → | 422 times |
| לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | ledoroteikhem | to generations your | H1755 → | 167 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | moshevoteikhem | dwelling places your | H4186 → | 44 times |
וְהָי֨וּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
אֵ֧לֶּהthese [things]
ʾelehH428 →746 times
לָכֶ֛םfor <the> you
lakhem
לְחֻקַּ֥ת<into> a statute of
lechukatH2708 →104 times
מִשְׁפָּ֖טjudgment
mishpatH4941 →422 times
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑םto generations your
ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times
בְּכֹ֖לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃dwelling places your
moshevoteikhemH4186 →44 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 27:1Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of…
it leads to
- Numbers 26:33
Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Chronicles 7:15
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
- Numbers 36:1–12
Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families…
- Joshua 17:3–6
But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,…
- Numbers 26:33
Through
Numbers 27:11And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:8
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you…
- Ruth 4:3–6
And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
- Leviticus 25:49
either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
- Jeremiah 32:8
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
