KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 35:26–28
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Numbers 35:26
26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled:
Numbers 35:27
27And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
27And the reuenger of blood finde him without the borders of the citie of his refuge, and the reuenger of blood kill the slayer, he †shall not be guiltie of blood:
- Hebr. no blood shalbe to him.
Numbers 35:28
28Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
28Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the high Priest: but after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne into the land of his possession.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 35:26
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One that slays; a killer; a murderer; an assassin; a destroyer of life.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shelter, protection, or a place of safety.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
To what place, direction, point, or end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 35:27
The appointed revenger of blood described in the passage.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The fluid that circulates through the body and is associated with life; in KJV usage, also life, bloodshed and its guilt, kindred, human nature, blood shed in sacrifice, or the juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shelter, protection, or a place of safety.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
To deprive of life; to slay or destroy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One that slays; a killer; a murderer; an assassin; a destroyer of life.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Having committed an offence or violated a law or duty; blameworthy and liable to judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 35:28
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Continued, stayed, or was left after others departed or were removed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Shelter, protection, or a place of safety.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One that slays; a killer; a murderer; an assassin; a destroyer of life.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
possession
The state of having or holding; something owned, occupied, or controlled.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
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Open the full verse study6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
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Open the full verse study2¶ If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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Open the full verse study26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
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Open the full verse study39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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Open the full verse study14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
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Open the full verse study4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Open the full verse study11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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Open the full verse study15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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Open the full verse study4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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