King James Version
Numbers 35:12 in the King James Version says “And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the con...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.”
Numbers 35:12 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
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. at: Heb. by error
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And they shall be unto you cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“from the avenger”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that the manslayer”
H7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“not until he stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“in judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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