Numbers 35 · Verse 29

Numbers 35:29

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Numbers 35:29, King James Version

Numbers 35:29 in other translations

BSBThis will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
WEB“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
ASVAnd these things shall be for a statute and ordinance 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:
DARBYAnd this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
BBEThese rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.
WebsterSo these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

What does Numbers 35:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:29-34
29-34. these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism. By the appointment of cities of refuge, the manslayer was saved, in the meantime, from the blind and impetuous fury of vindictive relatives; but he might be tried by the local court, and, if proved guilty on sufficient evidence, condemned and punished as a murderer, without the possibility of deliverance by any pecuniary satisfaction. The enactment of Moses, which was an adaptation to the character and usages of the Hebrew people, secured the double advantage of promoting the ends both of humanity and of justice.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:9-34

To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is made, not between sudden anger and malice aforethought, both which are the crime of murder; but between intentionally striking a…

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Numbers 35:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָי֨וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
אֵ֧לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor <the> you
לְחֻקַּ֥תle.chu.Kat<into> a statute ofH2708
מִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatjudgmentH4941
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑םle.do.ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin allH3605
מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם\׃mo.she.vo.tei.Khemdwelling places yourH4186

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 35:29

  • Numbers 27:11

    And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Numbers 27:1

    Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Context

  • Numbers 35:28

    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.

  • Numbers 35:29

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

  • Numbers 35:30

    Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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Numbers 35:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estas cosas os serán por ordenanza de derecho por vuestras edades, en todas vuestras habitaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ces choses seront pour vous un statut de droit, en vos générations, partout où vous habiterez.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies soll euch zu einer Rechtssatzung sein bei euren Geschlechtern in allen euren Wohnsitzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.