Numbers 35:25
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”
מָשַׁח
To anoint, to smear with oil. Mashach. The root of both Messiah and Christ. The Anointed One. Jesus was anointed by the Spirit without measure.
גָּאַל
the avenger of
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גָּאַל
To redeem, to act as kinsman. Gaal. The kinsman-redeemer who steps in to rescue. Jesus is our goel. He paid the price we could not pay.
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מָוֶת
the death of
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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עִיר
the city of
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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נוּס
he had fled
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נוּס
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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שָׁם
there/ towards
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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מִקְלָט
refuge/ his
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מִקְלָט
an asylum (as a receptacle)
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