JOSHUA 20:6

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“And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.”

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Joshua 20:6 Translation & Meaning

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And he shall dwell וְיָשַׁ֣ב׀ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry dwell
in that הַהִ֗יא 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 in that
city, בָּעִ֣יר A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) city
until עַד As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) until
he stand עָמְד֞וֹ To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) stand
before לִפְנֵ֤י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the congregation הָֽעֵדָה֙ A stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) congregation
for judgment, לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgment
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
until עַד As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) until
the death מוֹת֙ Death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin death
of the high הַגָּד֔וֹל Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent high
priest הַכֹּהֵ֣ן Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) priest
that אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
shall be יִֽהְיֶ֖ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) shall be
in those הָהֵ֑ם They (only used when emphatic) those
days: בַּיָּמִ֣ים A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days
then אָ֣ז׀ At that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore then
shall the slayer הָֽרוֹצֵ֗חַ Properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder slayer
return, יָשׁ֣וּב To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again return
and come וּבָ֤א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) come
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
his own city, עִירוֹ֙ A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) own city
and unto וְאֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to and unto
his own house, בֵּית֔וֹ A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) own house
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
the city הָעִ֖יר A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) city
from whence אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc whence
he fled. נָ֥ס To flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) fled

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  • 4  And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

  • 5  And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

  • 6  And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

  • 7  And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • 8  And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.




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