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1 The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. He said, 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 |Tell the Israelites to give the Levites some cities from their own property. They must also give the Levites the pastureland around those cities. “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 Then the Levites will have cities to live in and pastureland for their cattle, the flocks they own, and any other animals they have. 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 land around the cities that you give the Levites will extend 1,500 feet from the city wall. 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 Outside the city measure off 3,000 feet on the east side, 3,000 feet on the south side, 3,000 feet on the west side, and 3,000 feet on the north side, with the city in the center. This will be their pastureland around the city. 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 |Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of refuge. You must allow murderers to escape to these cities. In addition, you must also give the Levites 42 other cities. “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 So you will give a total of 48 cities with pastureland to the Levites. 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 The cities you give the Levites from the property of the other Israelites must be given based on the amount of land each tribe owns. Take more cities from larger tribes and fewer from smaller tribes.| 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 |Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan River and enter 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 select certain cities to be places of refuge. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may run to them. 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 These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community. 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 There will be six cities you select as places of refuge, 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 on the east side of the Jordan River and three in 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 These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities. 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 |But if any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. “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 any of you picks up a stone as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. 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 Or if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. 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 relative who can avenge the death must make sure a murderer is put to death. When he catches up with the murderer, he must kill him. 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 any of you kills someone you hate by shoving him or by deliberately throwing something at him, 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 if you beat your enemy to death with your bare hands, you must be put to death. You are a murderer. The relative who can avenge the death must kill you when he catches up with you, because you are a murderer. 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 suppose you accidentally kill someone who wasn't your enemy. Maybe you shoved him or threw something at him but didn't mean to kill him. “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 suppose you drop a big stone, and someone is killed. However, you didn't know the person was there, he wasn't your enemy, and you weren't trying to harm him. 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 Then the community must use these rules in order to decide if you [are innocent] or if the dead person's relative can avenge the death. 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 [If you are innocent,] the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the chief priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 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 |But don't go outside the city of refuge you fled to. 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 If the relative who can avenge the death finds you outside the city of refuge and kills you, the relative is not guilty of murder. 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 Accused murderers must stay in their city of refuge until the death of the chief priest. They may go back to their own property only after his death. 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 will be the rules for future generations wherever you live. 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 |Whoever kills another person will be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of more than one witness. No one can be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. “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 |Never accept a cash payment in exchange for the life of a convicted murderer who has been given the death penalty. Murderers must be put to death. 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 |An accused murderer who has fled to a city of refuge must never go back and live on his own land before the death of the chief priest. Don't accept a cash payment to allow him to do this. 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 |You must not pollute the land where you live. Murder is what pollutes the land. The land where a murder was committed can never make peace with the LORD except through the death of the murderer. 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 Never make the land where you and I live unclean. I, the LORD, live among the Israelites.| 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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