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then the communityוְ הָעֵדָהshall judgeשָׁפְטוּbetween the one who struckבֵּין הַמַּכֶּהand betweenוּבֵיןthe avengerגֹּאֵלof bloodהַדָּםaccording toעַלtheseהָאֵלֶּהrules.הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים
Numbers 35:24
Study it in the app“then the community shall judge between the one who struck and between the avenger of blood according to these rules.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:24, word by word
- then the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- shall judgeשָׁפְטוּshaftu
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shaftu” appears- between the one who struckמַּכֶּהmake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “make” appears- the avengerגֹּאֵלgoel
avenger
The relative who paid back the killing of a family member.
Where else “goel” appears- of bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- rulesמִּשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appears
The context
23or with any stone by which one may die, without seeing him, he let it fall on him and he died, while he was not his enemy and was not seeking his harm,
24 · This verse (above)
25And the community shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community shall return him to his city of refuge to which he had fled; and he shall dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.