“And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, a cross from Jericho saying,”
Numbers 35
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1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
2"Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
“Command the children of Israel that they give to Levites, they give the Levite cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession. And you shall also give the Levites common land around the cities.”
3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
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4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
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5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
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6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
“Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites, you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty -two cities.”
7The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
“So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty -eight. These you shall give with their common land.”
8The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one."
“And the cities which you will give shall be from the possession of the children of Israel. From the large tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of the city to the Levites, in…”
9Then the LORD said to Moses,
“And the Lord spake unto Moses saying,”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”
10"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,”
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye become over Jordan into the land of Canaan,”
11designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
“then you shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally may flee.”
12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
“And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not until he stand before the congregation in judgment.”
“Then shall be the cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.”
13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
“And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge.”
“And of the cities which you give, you shall have six cities of refuge.”
14Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
“Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be the cities of refuge.”
15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
“These six cities shall be a refuge both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.”
16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
“And if ye smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.”
“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.”
17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
“And if ye smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.”
18If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
“Or if ye smite him with a hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.”
19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
“The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer. When he meeteth him, he shall slay him.”
20Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
“But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of weight that he die,”
21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
“or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die, he that smote him shall surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The revenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him.”
22But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
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23or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
“or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm,”
24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
“then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments.”
25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled, and he shall abide in it until the death of the high…”
26But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
“But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled,”
27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
“and the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,”
28because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
“because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer shall return unto the land of his possession.”
29This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
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30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
“Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses. But one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”
31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
“Moreover, ye shall take no such a section for the life of a murderer which is guilty of death. But he shall be surely put to death.”
“Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer that is guilty of death but he shall surely be put to death.”
32Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
“Ye shall take no such a section for him that is fled to the city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land until the death of the priest.”
33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
“you shall not pollute the land where you are for blood defiles the land and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.”
“So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are for blood. It defileth the land. And the man cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it.”
34Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites."
“define not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell. For I, the Lord, dwell among the children of Israel.”