Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 35:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
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Role in This Section
Numbers 35:10 within “Six Refuge Cities Protect the Unintentional Killer,” advances the land-facing rule through this actor and consequence; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan.
Read It With
- Numbers 35:9–15
Read Numbers 35:10 with 35:9–15. It within “Six Refuge Cities Protect the Unintentional Killer,” advances the land-facing rule through this actor and consequence; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: After crossing Jordan, Israel must establish six accessible cities, three on each side, where an unintentional killer can flee from the blood avenger until standing before the congregation; Israelites and resident outsiders share access.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 35:9–15 — Six Refuge Cities Protect the Unintentional KillerSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 35:9–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 35:9–15
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