Numbers 35
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
5And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
7So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
8And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
11Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
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.
13And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14Ye 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.
15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
23Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
25And 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.
26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
27And 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:
28Because 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.
29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30Whoso 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.
31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עִירʻîyrH589229× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- מוּתmûwthH419125× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- אֵתʼêthH85324× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- רָצַחrâtsachH752320× in this chapter
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83418× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- לֹאlôʼH380812× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- נָתַןnâthanH541412× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- מִקְלָטmiqlâṭH473311× in this chapter
an asylum (as a receptacle)
- דָּםdâmH181810× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- הוּאhûwʼH19319× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- נָכָהnâkâhH52219× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7768× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- גָּאַלgâʼalH13507× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34276× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîyH38816× in this chapter
a Levite or descendant of Levi
- נוּסnûwçH51276× in this chapter
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
- אִםʼimH5186× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בֵּןbênH11215× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אוֹʼôwH1765× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- מִגְרָשׁmigrâshH40545× in this chapter
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
- אֶלֶףʼelephH5055× in this chapter
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
- אַמָּהʼammâhH5205× in this chapter
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53155× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- שָׁםshâmH80335× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35484× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- מָוֶתmâvethH41944× in this chapter
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
- עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עֵדָהʻêdâhH57124× in this chapter
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
- פֵּאָהpêʼâhH62854× in this chapter
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84324× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- חוּץchûwtsH23513× in this chapter
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors