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1Then the LORD said to Joshua, 1וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר׃
2“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, 2דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר תְּנ֤וּ לָכֶם֙ אֶת־ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּקְלָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־ מֹשֶֽׁה׃
3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 3לָנ֥וּס שָׁ֙מָּה֙ רוֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה בִּבְלִי־ דָ֑עַת וְהָי֤וּ לָכֶם֙ לְמִקְלָ֔ט מִגֹּאֵ֖ל הַדָּֽם׃
4When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and states his case before [its] elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among 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׃
5Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not deliver the manslayer into his hands, because [that man] killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice. 5וְכִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־ יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת־ הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּיָד֑וֹ כִּ֤י בִבְלִי־ דַ֙עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת־ רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְלֹֽא־ שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃
6He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city 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, 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 designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, 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 are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing [trial] before the assembly. 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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