Joshua 20:6
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And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.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 home in the city from which he fled.”
In other translations
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.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 home in the city from which he fled.”
Hebrew words
וְיָשַׁב׀veyashavand he will dwellH3427בָּעִירba'irin the cityH5892הַהִיאhahi'<the> thatH1931עַד־'ad-untilH5704עָמְדוֹamedostands heH5975לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712לַמִּשְׁפָּטlamishpatfor <the> judgmentH4941עַד־'ad-untilH5704מוֹתmot[the] death ofH4194הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548הַגָּדוֹלhagadol<the> greatH1419אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יִהְיֶהyihyehhe will beH1961בַּיָּמִיםbaiyamimin the daysH3117הָהֵםhahem<the> thoseH1992אָז׀'azthenH227יָשׁוּבyashuvhe will returnH7725הָרוֹצֵחַharotzeachthe killerH7523וּבָאuva'and he will goH935אֶל־'el-toH413עִירוֹiroown city hisH5892וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413בֵּיתוֹbeitoown house hisH1004אֶל־'el-toH413הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whereH834נָסnashe fledH5127מִשָּׁם׃mishamfrom thereH8033
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Related verses
- Numbers 35:12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.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 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.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 the sacrifice of Himself.
- Numbers 35:24-2524 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. 25 The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
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