Cross References For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country. Numbers 35:27 And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him. Numbers 35:29 These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country. he should John 15:4-6 Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. . . . Acts 11:23 Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord. Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved. Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so, if we hold the beginning of his substance firm unto the end. Hebrews 6:4-8 For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, . . . Hebrews 10:26-30,39 For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins: . . . after the death Hebrews 9:11,12,15-17 But Christ, being come an high Priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hand, that is, not of this creation: . . . Context Six Cities of Refuge…27And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him. 28For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.29These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.… Lexicon becauseכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction [the manslayer] must remain יֵשֵׁ֔ב (yê·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in his city בְעִ֤יר (ḇə·‘îr) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement of refuge מִקְלָטוֹ֙ (miq·lā·ṭōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4733: Refuge, asylum until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the death מ֖וֹת (mō·wṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin of the high הַגָּדֹ֑ל (hag·gā·ḏōl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent priest. הַכֹּהֵ֣ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest Only after וְאַחֲרֵ֥י (wə·’a·ḥă·rê) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part the death מוֹת֙ (mō·wṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin of the high הַגָּדֹ֔ל (hag·gā·ḏōl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent priest הַכֹּהֵ֣ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest may [he] הָרֹצֵ֔חַ (hā·rō·ṣê·aḥ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder return יָשׁוּב֙ (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the land אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land he owns. אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ (’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 272: Something seized, a possession Additional Translations because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.Because 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. because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. For he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the high-priest died; and after the death of the high-priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession. for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession. because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. Because 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. because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession. 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