Numbers 35 Parallel Bible

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1	While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,	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	“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands.	“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	These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.	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 pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction.	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	Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction—east, south, west, north—with the town at the center. This area will serve as the larger pastureland for the towns.	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 towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them 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	In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given 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	These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more towns to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer. Each tribe will give property in proportion to the size of its land.”	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	“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you cross 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	designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.	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 protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by 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	Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,	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 on the west 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	These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.	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 someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed.	“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	Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer 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 someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer 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 victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer 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	So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.	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 someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.	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 someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,	“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 accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.	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	If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim’s nearest 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	The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred 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 if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,	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 the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered 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	The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.	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 are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may 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	“All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may 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	Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always 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	And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.	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	This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.	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	You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among the people 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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