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manslayer

Meaning of “manslayer”

One that has slain a human being.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
2 occurrences2 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 35:6

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Every verse containing “manslayer”

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Numbers 35:6
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:6 · retained source text

And among the cities which yee shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that hee may flee thither: And to them ye shall adde fourty and two cities.

1611 marginal noteHebr. aboue them ye shall giue.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.41. iosh. 20.2. and 21.3.

Numbers 35:12
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:12 · retained source text

And they shall be vnto you cities for refuge from the auenger, that the man-slayer die not, vntill he stand before the Congregation in iudgement.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Numbers 35:6; Numbers 35:12; Numbers 35:11

The cities of refuge protect the manslayer until judgment, while the surrounding instruction identifies a slayer of a person.