And you shall notוְלֹאacceptתִקְחוּcompensationכֹפֶרfor one who fledלָנוּסto his cityאֶל עִיר וֹof refuge,מִקְלָטto returnלָשׁוּבto dwellלָשֶׁבֶתin the landבָּאָרֶץbeforeעַדthe deathמוֹתof the priest.הַכֹּהֵן
Numbers 35:32
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 35:32, 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 one who fledנוּסnus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nus” appears- to his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of refugeמִקְלָטmiklat
refuge
Refuge, asylum: a place where someone is kept safe.
Where else “miklat” appears- to returnשׁוּבshuv
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “shuv” appears- to dwellשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- of the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
The context
31And you shall not accept compensation for the life of a manslayer who is guilty of death, for he shall surely be put to death.
32 · This verse (above)
33And you shall not pollute the land in which you are, for the blood pollutes the land; and for the land no expiation can be made for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.