What Does Numbers 35:32 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“And ye shall take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“no satisfaction”

properly, a cover, i.e., (literally) a village (as covered in)

“for him that is fled”

to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to the city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“of his refuge”

an asylum (as a receptacle)

“that he should come again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“to dwell”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until the death”

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

“of the priest”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)