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And you shall notוְלֹאacceptתִקְחוּcompensationכֹפֶרfor the lifeלְנֶפֶשׁof a manslayerרֹצֵחַwhoאֲשֶׁרisהוּאguiltyרָשָׁעof death,לָמוּתforכִּיhe shall surely be put to death.מוֹת יוּמָת
Numbers 35:31
Study it in the app“And you shall not accept compensation for the life of a manslayer who is guilty of death, for he shall surely be put to death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:31, word by word
- acceptתִקְחוּtikchu
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikchu” appears- compensationכֹפֶרchofer
ransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “chofer” appears- for the lifeנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of a manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach
manslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appears- guiltyרָשָׁעrasha
guilty
The one in the wrong in a trial.
Where else “rasha” appears- of deathמוּתmut
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mut” appears
The context
30Anyone who strikes down a person: one shall kill the manslayer on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a person that he die.
31 · This verse (above)
32And you shall not accept compensation for one who fled to his city of refuge, to return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.