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Joshua 20:3


Joshua 20:2 Joshua 20:3 (KJV) Joshua 20:4
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That the slayerH7523 that killethH5221 any personH5315 unawaresH7684 and unwittinglyH1847 may fleeH5127 thither: and they shall be your refugeH4733 from the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818.


Original Hebrew

לָנוּס שָׁמָּה רֹוצֵחַ מַכֵּה־נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָה בִּבְלִי־דָעַת וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לְמִקְלָט מִגֹּאֵל הַדָּם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לָ/נ֥וּס
la./Nus H5127 HR/Vqc to/ flee
שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙
Sha.ma/h H8033 HD/Sd there/ towards
רוֹצֵ֔חַ
ro.Tze.ach H7523 HVqrmsa a killer
מַכֵּה
ma.keh- H5221 HVhrmsc (who) strikes down
נֶ֥פֶשׁ
Ne.fesh H5315 HNcbsa (of) a person
בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֖ה
bi/sh.ga.Gah H7684 HR/Ncfsa by/ inadvertence
בִּ/בְלִי
bi/v.li- H1097 HR/Ncmsc with/ not
דָ֑עַת
Da.'at H1847 HNcfsa knowledge
וְ/הָי֤וּ
ve./ha.Yu H1961 HC/Vqp3cp and/ they will become
לָ/כֶם֙
la./Khem HR/Sp2mp for (the)/ you
לְ/מִקְלָ֔ט
le./mik.Lat H4733 HR/Ncmsa (into)/ a refuge
מִ/גֹּאֵ֖ל
mi./go.'El H1350 HR/Vqrmsc from/ (the) avenger of
הַ/דָּֽם
ha./Dam H1818 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ blood
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H1350 — גָּאַל (gâʼal, gaw-al'): a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.; to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.); [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
  • H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); 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); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
  • H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
  • H4733 — מִקְלָט (miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'): from קָלַט in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle); refuge.
  • H5127 — נוּס (nûwç, noos): a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
  • H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H7523 — רָצַח (râtsach, raw-tsakh'): a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder; put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).
  • H7684 — שְׁגָגָה (shᵉgâgâh, sheg-aw-gaw'): from שָׁגַג; a mistake or inadvertent transgression; error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1097 — בְּלִי (bᵉlîy, bel-ee'): from בָּלָה; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.; corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
Cross References


Reciprocal references (5): Numbers 35:12, Numbers 35:19, Numbers 35:22, 2 Samuel 14:11, Hebrews 6:18

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