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Joshua

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'He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.'"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He shall dwell to sit, remain, dwell Verb H3427 וְיָשַׁ֣ב ve·ya·shav
in that city city, town Noun H5892 בָּעִ֣יר ba·'ir
until as far as, even to, up to, until, while Prepostion H5704 עַד־ ad-
he stands to take one's stand, stand Verb H5975 עָמְדֹ֞ו a·me·dov
before face, faces Noun H6440 לִפְנֵ֤י lif·nei
the congregation congregation Noun H5712 הָֽעֵדָה֙ ha·'e·dah
for judgment, judgment Noun H4941 לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט lam·mish·pat,
until as far as, even to, up to, until, while Prepostion H5704 עַד־ ad-
the death death Noun H4194 מֹות֙ mo·vt
of the one who who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁ֥ר a·sher
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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is high great Adjective H1419 הַגָּדֹ֔ול hag·ga·do·vl,
priest priest Noun H3548 הַכֹּהֵ֣ן hak·ko·hen
in those they Pronoun H1992 הָהֵ֑ם ha·hem;
days. day Noun H3117 בַּיָּמִ֣ים bai·ya·mim
Then at that time Adverb H227 אָ֣ז az
the manslayer to murder, slay Verb H7523 הָרֹוצֵ֗חַ ha·ro·v·tze·ach
shall return to turn back, return Verb H7725 יָשׁ֣וּב ya·shuv
to his own city city, town Noun H5892 עִירֹו֙ i·rov
and to his own house, a house Noun H1004 בֵּיתֹ֔ו bei·tov,
to the city city, town Noun H5892 הָעִ֖יר ha·'ir
from which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר־ a·sher-
he fled.'" to flee, escape Verb H5127 נָ֥ס nas

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New American Standard Bible 1995 'He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.'"
King James Bible 'He And he shall dwell in that city city, until he stands stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer days: then shall return to the slayer return, and come unto his own city city, and to unto his own house, to unto the city from which whence he fled.'"
Hebrew Greek English 'He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.'"