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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Aaron
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Hebron (GEN 13:18) · Libnah (JOS 10:29)
OET-LV And_to_the_descendants_of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer they_gave DOM the_city_of (the)_refuge_of the_killer DOM Ḩeⱱrōn and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture and_DOM Liⱱnāh and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture.
OET (OET-RV) So Hevron was given to the descendants of Aharon (Aaron) the priest and assigned as a refuge city (for anyone who accidentally kills someone) along with the surrounding fields, along with Livnah,
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer,
The Israel people gave the descendants of Aaron the priest the town of Hebron and its grazing lands. It was a town where people could run to escape when they had killed someone by accident.
The people of Israel gave Hebron town with its pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron the priest. Hebron was a town of safety for those who had killed by mistake.
So: This verse repeats information which was stated in verse 21:10–11. Some English versions translate this Hebrew conjunction as So, as “thus” or “and.” Use the connecting word that is natural in your language.
to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer: In this verse Aaron is given the title of Aaron the priest, which is slightly different from verse 21:10. The Hebrew sentence puts the object of the sentence first to emphasize it. Use the sentence order that is natural in your language.
together with their pasturelands: The phrase together with their pasturelands refers to the land around Hebron where livestock could eat grass.
Here is another way to translate this part of the verse:
So the people of Israel gave Hebron town with its pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron the priest. Hebron was a town of safety for those who had killed someone by mistake.
a city of refuge for the manslayer: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as manslayer is the same Hebrew word that occurred in 20:3. In that verse the BSB translated it as “anyone who kills another.” It is recommended that you translate this term the same way as you did in verse 20:3.
Libnah,
They also gave them Libnah town and the grazing lands around it,
They also gave them Libnah town and its grasslands,
Libnah: The town of Libnah was southwest of Jerusalem.Rasmussen p.243.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
They also gave them Libnah and the grazing lands around it,
Libnah town and the grasslands around it,
OET-LV And_to_the_descendants_of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer they_gave DOM the_city_of (the)_refuge_of the_killer DOM Ḩeⱱrōn and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture and_DOM Liⱱnāh and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture.
OET (OET-RV) So Hevron was given to the descendants of Aharon (Aaron) the priest and assigned as a refuge city (for anyone who accidentally kills someone) along with the surrounding fields, along with Livnah,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.