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1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho: On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
2 “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 out of the heritage they possess to give the Levites cities to dwell in; you will also give the Levites the pasture lands 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 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. The cities will be for them to dwell in, and the pasture lands will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their other animals. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.
4 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 pasture lands of the cities to be assigned the Levites shall extend a thousand cubits out from the city walls in every direction. “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.
5 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. You will measure out two thousand cubits outside the city along the east side, two thousand cubits along the south side, two thousand cubits along the west side, and two thousand cubits along the north side, with the city lying in the center. These will be the pasture lands of 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 “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. Now these are the cities you will give to the Levites: the six cities of asylum which you must establish for the homicide to run to, and in addition forty-two other 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 All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands. a total of forty-eight cities with their pasture lands which you will assign to the Levites. In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
8 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.” In assigning the cities from what the Israelites possess, take more from a larger group and fewer from a smaller one, so that each will cede cities to the Levites in proportion to the heritage which it receives. 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 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD spoke to Moses: Then the LORD said to Moses:
10 “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 go across the Jordan into the land of Canaan, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
11 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 for yourselves cities to serve as cities of asylum, where a homicide who has killed someone inadvertently may flee. select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.
12 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. These cities will serve you as places of asylum from the avenger of blood, so that a homicide will not be put to death until tried before the community. 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 And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge. As for the cities you assign, you will have six cities of asylum: These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.
14 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. you will designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and you will designate three cities in the land of Canaan. These will be cities of asylum. Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.
15 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 cities will serve as places of asylum for the Israelites, and for the resident or transient aliens among them, so that anyone who has killed a person inadvertently 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 “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 someone strikes another with an iron instrument and causes death, that person is a murderer, and the murderer must 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 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. If someone strikes another with a death-dealing stone in the hand and death results, that person is a murderer, and the murderer must 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 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 someone strikes another with a death-dealing club in the hand and death results, that person is a murderer, and the murderer must 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 avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. The avenger of blood is the one who will kill the murderer, putting the individual to death on sight. 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 And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died, If someone pushes another out of hatred, or throws something from an ambush, and death results, If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally so that they die
21 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 strikes another with the hand out of enmity and death results, the assailant must be put to death as a murderer. The avenger of blood will kill the murderer on sight. 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 he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait However, if someone pushes another without malice aforethought, or without lying in ambush throws some object at another, “’But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally
23 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 drops upon another some death-dealing stone and death results, although there was neither enmity nor malice— 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 then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules. then the community will judge between the assailant and the avenger of blood in accordance with these norms. the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
25 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 community will deliver the homicide from the avenger of blood and the community will return the homicide to the city of asylum where the latter had fled; and the individual will stay there until the death of the high priest who has been anointed with sacred 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 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, If the homicide leaves at all the bounds of the city of asylum to which flight had been made, “’But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled
27 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 is found by the avenger of blood beyond the bounds of the city of asylum, and the avenger of blood kills the homicide, the avenger incurs no bloodguilt; 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 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. for the homicide was required to stay in the city of asylum until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the homicide return to the land of the homicide’s 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 And these things shall be for a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. This is the statute for you throughout all your generations, wherever you live, for rendering judgment. “’This is to have the force of law for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.
30 “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. Whenever someone kills another, the evidence of witnesses is required to kill the murderer. A single witness does not suffice for putting a person to death. “’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 Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. You will not accept compensation in place of the life of a murderer who deserves to die, but that person must 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 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. Nor will you accept compensation to allow one who has fled to a city of asylum to return to live 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 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. You will not pollute the land where you live. For bloodshed pollutes the land, and the land can have no expiation for the blood shed on it except through 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 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 in which you live and in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the Israelites. Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.’”
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