King James Version
Numbers 35:29 in the King James Version says “So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
Numbers 35:29 · KJV
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: he: Heb. no blood shall be to him
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. guilty: Heb. faulty to die
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“unto you throughout your generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all your dwellings”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
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