H9005–/ל–l

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

לָנ֥וּס (לָ) la. “to”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for <the>”לְמִקְלָ֔ט (לְ) le. “<into>”

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

לְיַרְדֵּ֤ן (לְ) le. “of”

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

לְכֹ֣ל׀ (לְ) le. “for”וְלַגֵּר֙ (לַ) la. “for the”לָנ֣וּס (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “to”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”לָשָׁ֑בֶת (לָ) la. “to”לִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ׃ (לִ) li “for”

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

לַלְוִיִּ֛ם (לַ) la “to the”

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת (לְ) le. “of”לִבְנֵי֩ (לִ) li “to”

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

וְלִבְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “[belonged] to”

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

וְלִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[belonged] to”

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

לִבְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “[and belonged] to”לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֗ם (לְ) le. “to”

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לַ) la “to the”

Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

לְכָלֵ֥ב (לְ) le. “to”

Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

וְלִבְנֵ֣י׀ (לִ) li “to”

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

וְלִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”