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Numbers
Chapter 35
1
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab
by
Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2
Command
the children of Israel,
that
they give unto the Levites of the inheritance
of
their possession cities to dwell in;
and
you shall give also unto the Levites
suburbs
for the cities round about them.
And
the cities shall they have to dwell in;
and
the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle,
and
for their goods, and for all their animal/beasts.
4
And the suburbs of the cities,
which
you shall give unto the Levites,
shall
reach from the wall of the city
and
outward a thousand cubits round about.
5
And you shall measure from 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;
and
the city shall be in the midst.
This
shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6
And among the cities which you shall give unto the Levites
there
shall be six cities for refuge,
which
you shall appoint for the manslayer,
that
he may flee thither.
And
to them you shall add forty and two cities.
7
So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites
shall
be forty and eight cities.
Them
shall you give with their suburbs.
8
And the cities which you shall give
shall
be of the possession of the children of Israel.
From
those who have many you shall give many;
but
from those who have few you shall give few.
Every
one shall give of his cities unto the Levites
according
to his inheritance which he inherits.
9
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 10
Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When
you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11
then
you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you;
that
the slayer may flee thither, who kills any person at unawares.
12
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger;
that
the manslayer die not,
until
he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13
And of these cities which you shall give six cities
shall
you have for refuge.
14
You shall give three cities on this side Jordan,
and
three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan,
which
shall be cities of refuge.
15
These six cities shall be a refuge,
both
for the children of Israel, and for the stranger,
and
for the sojourner among them.
That
every one who kills any person unawares may flee thither.
16
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die,
he
is a murderer.
The
murderer shall surely be put to death.
17
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die,
and
he die, he is a murderer.
The
murderer shall surely be put to death.
18
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood,
wherewith
he may die, and he die, he is a murderer.
The
murderer shall surely be put to death.
19
The 'revenger of blood' himself shall slay the murderer.
When
he meets him, he shall slay him.
20
But if he thrust him of hatred,
or
hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die.
21
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die.
He
who smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer.
The
revenger of blood shall slay the murderer,
when
he meets him.
22
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity,
or
have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23
or
with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not,
and
cast it upon him, that he die,
and
was not his enemy, neither sought his harm . . . 24
then
the congregation shall judge between the slayer
and
the revenger of blood according to these judgments.
25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer
out
of the hand of the revenger of blood,
and
the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge,
whither
he was fled.
And
he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest,
who
was anointed with the holy oil.
26
But if the slayer shall at any time come
outside
the border of the city of his refuge,
whither
he was fled; 27
and
the revenger of blood find him
outside
the borders of the city of his refuge,
and
the revenger of blood kill the slayer;
he
shall not be guilty of blood.
28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge
until
the death of the high priest.
But
after the death of the high priest
the
slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment
unto
you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30
Whoso kills any person,
the
murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses.
But
one witness shall not testify
against
any person to cause him to die.
31
Moreover you shall take no satisfaction
for
the life of a murderer,
which
is guilty of death.
But
he shall be surely put to death.
32
And you shall take no satisfaction for him
who
is fled to the city of his refuge,
that
he should come again to dwell in the land,
until
the death of the priest.
33
So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are.
For
blood it defiles the land.
And
the land cannot be cleansed of the blood
that
is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
34
Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit,
wherein
I dwell.
For
I Jehovah/God dwell among the children of Israel.
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