Numbers 35:12
and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מִקְלָטmiqlâṭan asylum (as a receptacle)
- רָצַחrâtsachproperly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
- גָּאַלgâʼalto be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc
- עֵדָהʻêdâha stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 19:6, Jos 20:3–6, 2Sa 14:7, Jos 20:9, Deu 19:11–12, Num 35:19, Num 35:24–27