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1 And the Lord also spoke these things to Moses in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho: The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may give to the Levites, from their possessions, “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities. “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.
3 cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden. The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.
4 The suburbs shall extend from the outer walls of the cities, all around, for the space of one thousand steps. The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around. “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.
5 Facing the east, there shall be two thousand cubits, and facing the south, similarly, there shall be two thousand cubits. Toward the sea, also, which looks out toward the west, there shall be the same measure, and the northern region shall be bounded by equal limits. And the cities shall be in the center, and the suburbs shall be outside. And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities. Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.
6 Now, from the towns which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for the assistance of fugitives, so that he who has shed blood may flee to them. And, aside from these, there shall be forty-two other towns, “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.
7 that is, all together forty-eight with their suburbs. All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands. In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
8 And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.” And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.” The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”
9 The Lord said to Moses: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Then the LORD said to Moses:
10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
11 discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly. then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.
12 And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged. The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.
13 Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives, And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge. These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.
14 three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan, You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.
15 as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places. These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills any person without intent may flee there. These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.
16 If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die. “But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. “’If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with an iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.
17 If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly. And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.
18 If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him. Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. Or if anyone is holding a wooden object and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.
19 The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death. The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.
20 If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent, And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died, If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally so that they die
21 or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat. or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death; that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
22 But if by chance, and without hatred “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait “’But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally
23 or animosity, he will have done any of these things, or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended,
24 and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative, then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules. the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
25 then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies. And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled, But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, “’But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled
27 and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed. and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.
28 For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land. For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession. The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.
29 These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations. And these things shall be for a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. “’This is to have the force of law for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.
30 The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person. “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. “’Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
31 You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly. Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. “’Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
32 Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities. And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. “’Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.
33 Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another. You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. “’Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
34 And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.” You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.” Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.’”
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