H9005–/ל–l

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

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

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and ignorantly, 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 to 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 to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

And if the avenger of blood shall pursue him, then they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor ignorantly, and had not hated him before.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”

And he shall dwell in that city, until he shall 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 to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.

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

And on the other side of 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 sojourning among them, that whoever should kill any person 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 to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

And they spoke to 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 their suburbs 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 to 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, who 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 to 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 its suburbs round it.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave 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 its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

וְלִבְנֵ֣י׀ (לִ) li “to”

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who 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 its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its 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 to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Beesh-terah with its 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 to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,

וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”