TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 74 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
Read word by wordso that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Read word by wordWhen someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
Read word by wordNow if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
Read word by wordHe is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
Read word by wordAnd beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
Read word by wordThese are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
Read word by wordNow the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
Read word by wordat Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
Read word by wordSo by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
Read word by wordThe first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Read word by wordThe remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Read word by wordThe descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Read word by wordAnd the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Read word by wordto the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
Read word by wordThey gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
Read word by wordBut they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
Read word by wordSo to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
Read word by wordThe remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
Read word by wordthey were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Read word by wordIn all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
Read word by wordThis is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
Read word by wordIn all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.
Read word by wordThis is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
Read word by wordIn all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
Read word by wordEach of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
Read word by wordThus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Read word by wordThen Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
Read word by wordand told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
Read word by wordAnd now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Read word by wordBut be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Read word by word(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
Read word by wordsaying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
Read word by wordSo the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
Read word by wordAnd when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
Read word by wordAnd when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
Read word by wordWith him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
Read word by wordThey went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
Read word by word“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
Read word by wordWas not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
Read word by wordIf indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Read word by wordIf we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
Read word by wordBut in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
Read word by wordFor the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
Read word by wordThat is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
Read word by wordRather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
Read word by wordTherefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
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