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Numbers 35:29

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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וְהָי֨וּvehayvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אֵ֧לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).לָכֶ֛םlakhemtoלָכֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְחֻקַּ֥תlechuqatto appointedחֻקָּהpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “to appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.מִשְׁפָּ֖טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑םledoroteykhemto ageדּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to age”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.בְּכֹ֖לbekholin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽםmoshevoteykhemseatמוֹשָׁבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, populationassembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings:

World English Bible

“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Darby Translation

And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Douay-Rheims

These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And these things shall be to you for an ordinance of judgment throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται ταῦτα ὑμῖν εἰς δικαίωμα κρίματος εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατοικίαις ὑμῶν.