| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
at Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto
the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and
suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be
for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And
the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be
from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And
ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and
for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand
cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the
midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And the cities
which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge,
which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall
give forty and two cities. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the
Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with
their suburbs. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the
possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and
from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which
he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. 9 And Jehovah
spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then
ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the
manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. 12 And the
cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die
not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. 13 And the
cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 Ye
shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in
the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of
Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these
six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly
may flee thither. 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so
that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die,
and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may
die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death:
when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him of
hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity
smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be
put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer
to death, when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him
anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may
die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not
his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the congregation shall judge
between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
25 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the
avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of
refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of
the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the
manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge,
whither he fleeth, 27 and the avenger of blood find him without the border
of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall
not be guilty of blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of
refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high
priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29 And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any
person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one
witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye
shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but
he shall surely be put to death. 32 And ye shall take no ransom for him
that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the
land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land
wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be
made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him
that shed it. 34 And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in
the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the
children of Israel.
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