Numbers 35:28
ContextNET © | because the slayer 1 should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions. |
NIV © | The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property. |
NASB © | 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 to the land of his possession. |
NLT © | The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property. |
MSG © | "So it's important that he stay in his asylum-city until the death of the High Priest. After the death of the High Priest he is free to return to his own place. |
BBE © | Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage. |
NRSV © | For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return home. |
NKJV © | ‘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 may return to the land of his possession. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | because <03588> the slayer should have stayed <03427> in his town <05892> of refuge <04733> until <05704> the death <04194> of the high <01419> priest <03548> . But after <0310> the death <04194> of the high <01419> priest <03548> , the slayer <07523> may return <07725> to <0413> the land <0776> of his possessions .<0272> |
NET © | because the slayer 1 should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he.” |