Revised Version 1895

Numbers 35:12-19

12And thecitiesהֶעָרִ֛יםhe.'a.RimH5892shall be untoyouH6440forrefugeלְמִקְלָ֖טle.mik.LatH4733from theavengerמִגֹּאֵ֑לmi.go.'ElH1350; that themanslayerהָרֹצֵ֔חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523dieיָמוּת֙ya.MutH4191notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808,untilעַד־'ad-H5704hestandעָמְד֛וֹa.me.DoH5975beforeH6440thecongregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712forjudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃la.mish.PatH4941.

13And thecitiesוְהֶעָרִ֖יםve.he.'a.RimH5892whichH834ye shallgiveתִּתֵּ֑נוּti.Te.nuH5414shall be foryouH834sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofrefugeמִקְלָ֖טmik.LatH4733.

14Ye shallgiveתִּתְּנוּ֙ti.te.NuH5414threeשְׁלֹ֣שׁshe.LoshH7969citiesהֶעָרִ֗יםhe.'a.RimH5892beyondמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'E.verH5676Jordanלַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןlai.yar.DenH3383, andthreeשְׁלֹ֣שׁshe.LoshH7969citiesהֶֽעָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892shall yegiveתִּתְּנ֖וּti.te.NuH5414in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667; they shall becitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892ofrefugeמִקְלָ֖טmik.LatH4733.

15For thechildrenלִבְנֵ֣יliv.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and for thestrangerוְלַגֵּ֤רve.la.GerH1616and for thesojournerוְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙ve.la.to.ShavH8453among them, shalltheseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.RimH5892be forrefugeלְמִקְלָ֑טle.mik.LatH4733: thateveryH3605one that killethanyH3605personנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315unwittingly mayfleeלָנ֣וּסla.NusH5127thither.

16Butifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518hesmoteהִכָּ֛הוּhi.Ka.huH5221him with an instrument ofironבַרְזֶ֧ל׀var.ZelH1270,soH4191that hediedH4191, he is amanslayerרֹצֵ֣חַֽro.Tze.achH7523: themanslayerהָרֹצֵֽחַ׃ha.ro.Tze.achH7523shallsurelyH4191beputH4191todeathH4191.

17Andifוְאִ֡םve.'ImH518hesmoteהִכָּ֛הוּhi.Ka.huH5221him with astoneבְּאֶ֣בֶןbe.'E.venH68in thehandיָד֩yadH3027,wherebyאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834amanH4191maydieH4191, and hediedH4191, he is amanslayerרֹצֵ֣חַֽro.Tze.achH7523: themanslayerהָרֹצֵֽחַ׃ha.ro.Tze.achH7523shallsurelyH4191beputH4191todeathH4191.

18OrifH834hesmoteהִכָּ֛הוּhi.Ka.huH5221him with aweaponבִּכְלִ֣יbikh.LiH3627ofwoodעֵֽץ־'etz-H6086in thehandיָד֩yadH3027,wherebyH834amanH4191maydieH4191, and hediedH4191, he is amanslayerרֹצֵ֣חַֽro.Tze.achH7523: themanslayerהָרֹצֵֽחַ׃ha.ro.Tze.achH7523shallsurelyH4191beputH4191todeathH4191.

19Theavengerגֹּאֵ֣לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּ֔םha.DamH1818shallhimselfH1931putיָמִ֖יתya.MitH4191themanslayerהָרֹצֵ֑חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523todeathיְמִיתֶֽנּוּ׃ye.mi.Te.nuH4191: when he meeteth him, he shallputH4191him todeathH4191.

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