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Threeשְׁלֹשׁcitiesהֶעָרִיםyou shall giveתִּתְּנוּbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe Jordan,לַיַּרְדֵּןand threeוְ שְׁלֹשׁcitiesהֶעָרִיםyou shall giveתִּתְּנוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan;כְּנָעַןthey shall beתִּהְיֶינָהcitiesעָרֵיof refuge.מִקְלָט
Numbers 35:14
Study it in the app“Three cities you shall give beyond the Jordan, and three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:14, word by word
- Threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- you shall giveתִּתְּנוּtitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnu” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- they shall beתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- of refugeמִקְלָטmiklat
refuge
Refuge, asylum: a place where someone is kept safe.
Where else “miklat” appears
Places in this verse
1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
13And the cities that you give shall be six cities of refuge for you.
14 · This verse (above)
15For the sons of Israel and for the resident alien and for the temporary resident among them these six cities shall be for refuge, for anyone who strikes down a person inadvertently to flee there.