Joshua 20
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1Then the LORD said to Joshua,1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר׃
2“Say to the people of Israel, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,2דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר תְּנ֤וּ לָכֶם֙ אֶת־ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּקְלָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־ מֹשֶֽׁה׃
3that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.3לָנ֥וּס שָׁ֙מָּה֙ רוֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה בִּבְלִי־ דָ֑עַת וְהָי֤וּ לָכֶם֙ לְמִקְלָ֔ט מִגֹּאֵ֖ל הַדָּֽם׃
4He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.4וְנָ֞ס אֶל־ אַחַ֣ת ׀ מֵהֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְעָמַד֙ פֶּ֚תַח שַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֔יר וְדִבֶּ֛ר בְּאָזְנֵ֛י זִקְנֵ֥י־ הָעִֽיר הַהִ֖יא אֶת־ דְּבָרָ֑יו וְאָסְפ֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ הָעִ֙ירָה֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְנָתְנוּ־ ל֥וֹ מָק֖וֹם וְיָשַׁ֥ב עִמָּֽם׃
5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.5וְכִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־ יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת־ הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּיָד֑וֹ כִּ֤י בִבְלִי־ דַ֙עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת־ רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְלֹֽא־ שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃
6And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”6וְיָשַׁ֣ב ׀ בָּעִ֣יר הַהִ֗יא עַד־ עָמְד֞וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הָֽעֵדָה֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט עַד־ מוֹת֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם אָ֣ז ׀ יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ וּבָ֤א אֶל־ עִירוֹ֙ וְאֶל־ בֵּית֔וֹ אֶל־ הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־ נָ֥ס מִשָּֽׁם׃
7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.7וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ אֶת־ קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת־ שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־ קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה׃
8And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.8וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר לְיַרְדֵּ֤ן יְרִיחוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה נָתְנ֞וּ אֶת־ בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַּמִּישֹׁ֖ר מִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן וְאֶת־ רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ מִמַּטֵּה־ גָ֔ד וְאֶת־ [גלון] (גּוֹלָ֥ן) בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן מִמַּטֵּ֥ה מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
9These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.9אֵ֣לֶּה הָיוּ֩ עָרֵ֨י הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜ה לְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְלַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם לָנ֣וּס שָׁ֔מָּה כָּל־ מַכֵּה־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְלֹ֣א יָמ֗וּת בְּיַד֙ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם עַד־ עָמְד֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָֽה׃ פ
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