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Numbers 35:14

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And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.	Ye 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.	These 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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall give^H5414 three^H7969 cities^H5892 on this side^H5676 Jordan^H3383, and three^H7969 cities^H5892 shall ye give^H5414 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, which shall be cities^H5892 of refuge^H4733.

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Original Hebrew

אֵת ׀ שְׁלֹשׁ הֶעָרִים תִּתְּנוּ מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְאֵת שְׁלֹשׁ הֶעָרִים תִּתְּנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן עָרֵי מִקְלָט תִּהְיֶינָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֵ֣ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׁלֹ֣שׁ	she.Losh	H7969	HAcfsa	(the) three
הֶ/עָרִ֗ים	he./'a.Rim	H5892	HTd/Ncfpa	(the)/ cities
תִּתְּנוּ֙	ti.te.Nu	H5414	HVqi2mp	you will give
מֵ/עֵ֣בֶר	me./'E.ver	H5676	HR/Ncmsa	from/ (the) other side
לַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ן	la/i.yar.Den	H3383	HRd/Np	of the/ Jordan
וְ/אֵת֙	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
שְׁלֹ֣שׁ	she.Losh	H7969	HAcfsa	(the) three
הֶֽ/עָרִ֔ים	he./'a.Rim	H5892	HTd/Ncfpa	(the)/ cities
תִּתְּנ֖וּ	ti.te.Nu	H5414	HVqi2mp	you will give
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
כְּנָ֑עַן	ke.Na.'an	H3667	HNp	Canaan
עָרֵ֥י	'a.Rei	H5892	HNcfpc	cities of
מִקְלָ֖ט	mik.Lat	H4733	HNcmsa	refuge
תִּהְיֶֽינָה	tih.Yei.nah	H1961	HVqi3fp	they will be

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H3383 — יַרְדֵּן (Yardên, yar-dane'): from יָרַד; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine; Jordan.
• H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
• H4733 — מִקְלָט (miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'): from קָלַט in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle); refuge.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5676 — עֵבֶר (ʻêber, ay'-ber): from עָבַר; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east); [idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• three cities — Deuteronomy 4:41-43, Deuteronomy 19:8-10, Joshua 20:7-9

Reciprocal references (3): Numbers 35:6, Deuteronomy 1:1, Proverbs 28:17

Related Topics

• Nave’s: HOMICIDE, REFUGE

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