The Meaning of Numbers 35:29 Explained

Numbers 35:29

KJV: So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

YLT: 'And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings:

Darby: And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

ASV: And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So these [things] shall be for a statute  of judgment  unto you throughout your generations  in all your dwellings. 

What does Numbers 35:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 35:16-34 - The Penalty For The Murderer
For murder the penalty was death, Numbers 35:30-31; but for accidental homicide there was freedom within the city limits until the death of the high priest, when all these refugees might return to their homes with impunity. The institution of the blood-avenger was almost a necessity in those lands of scattered population and without communal organization. Here, without destroying the practice, it has been placed under careful limitations. We are our brethren's keepers, and instead of passing on a slander, we should stand for them against those who have wrongfully maligned them.
What an exquisite promise is contained in Numbers 35:34! To think that Jehovah actually dwelled in the Holy Land! He dwells also in each assembly of His saints and in our hearts. See Ezekiel 48:35; Matthew 18:20; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3.
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 35

1  Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof
6  Six of them are to be cities of refuge
9  The laws of murder and manslaughter
31  No satisfaction for murder

What do the individual words in Numbers 35:29 mean?

And shall be these [things] to you a statute of judgment throughout your generations in all your dwellings
וְהָי֨וּ אֵ֧לֶּה לָכֶ֛ם לְחֻקַּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם

וְהָי֨וּ  And  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
אֵ֧לֶּה  these  [things] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
לָכֶ֛ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
לְחֻקַּ֥ת  a  statute 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט  of  judgment 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם  throughout  your  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
בְּכֹ֖ל  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם  your  dwellings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.

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