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1 # And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872> in the plains <06160> of Moab <04124> by Jordan <03383> near Jericho <03405>, saying <0559> (8800),
2 Command <06680> (8761) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, that they give <05414> (8804) unto the Levites <03881> of the inheritance <05159> of their possession <0272> cities <05892> to dwell in <03427> (8800); and ye shall give <05414> (8799) also unto the Levites <03881> suburbs <04054> for the cities <05892> round about <05439> them.
3 And the cities <05892> shall they have to dwell in <03427> (8800); and the suburbs <04054> of them shall be for their cattle <0929>, and for their goods <07399>, and for all their beasts <02416>.
4 And the suburbs <04054> of the cities <05892>, which ye shall give <05414> (8799) unto the Levites <03881>, shall reach from the wall <07023> of the city <05892> and outward <02351> a thousand <0505> cubits <0520> round about <05439> .
5 And ye shall measure <04058> (8804) from without <02351> the city <05892> on the east <06924> side <06285> two thousand <0505> cubits <0520>, and on the south <05045> side <06285> two thousand <0505> cubits <0520>, and on the west <03220> side <06285> two thousand <0505> cubits <0520>, and on the north <06828> side <06285> two thousand <0505> cubits <0520>; and the city <05892> shall be in the midst <08432>: this shall be to them the suburbs <04054> of the cities <05892> .
6 And among the cities <05892> which ye shall give <05414> (8799) unto the Levites <03881> there shall be six <08337> cities <05892> for refuge <04733>, which ye shall appoint <05414> (8799) for the manslayer <07523> (8802), that he may flee <05127> (8800) thither: and to them ye shall add <05414> (8799) forty <0705> and two <08147> cities <05892> .
7 So all the cities <05892> which ye shall give <05414> (8799) to the Levites <03881> shall be forty <0705> and eight <08083> cities <05892>: them shall ye give with their suburbs <04054>.
8 And the cities <05892> which ye shall give <05414> (8799) shall be of the possession <0272> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: from them that have many <07227> ye shall give many <07235> (8686); but from them that have few <04592> ye shall give few <04591> (8686): every one <0376> shall give <05414> (8799) of his cities <05892> unto the Levites <03881> according <06310> to his inheritance <05159> which he inheriteth <05157> (8799).
9 # And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872>, saying <0559> (8800),
10 Speak <01696> (8761) unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and say <0559> (8804) unto them, When ye be come over <05674> (8802) Jordan <03383> into the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>;
11 Then ye shall appoint <07136> (8689) you cities <05892> to be cities <05892> of refuge <04733> for you; that the slayer <07523> (8802) may flee <05127> (8804) thither, which killeth <05221> (8688) any person <05315> at unawares <07684>.
12 And they shall be unto you cities <05892> for refuge <04733> from the avenger <01350> (8802); that the manslayer <07523> (8802) die <04191> (8799) not, until he stand <05975> (8800) before <06440> the congregation <05712> in judgment <04941>.
13 And of these cities <05892> which ye shall give <05414> (8799) six <08337> cities <05892> shall ye have for refuge <04733>.
14 Ye shall give <05414> (8799) three <07969> cities <05892> on this side <05676> Jordan <03383>, and three <07969> cities <05892> shall ye give <05414> (8799) in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, which shall be cities <05892> of refuge <04733>.
15 These six <08337> cities <05892> shall be a refuge <04733>, both for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> , and for the stranger <01616>, and for the sojourner <08453> among <08432> them: that every one that killeth <05221> (8688) any person <05315> unawares <07684> may flee <05127> (8800) thither.
16 And if he smite <05221> (8689) him with an instrument <03627> of iron <01270>, so that he die <04191> (8799), he is a murderer <07523> (8802): the murderer <07523> (8802) shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714).
17 And if he smite <05221> (8689) him with throwing <03027> a stone <068>, wherewith he may die <04191> (8799) , and he die <04191> (8799), he is a murderer <07523> (8802): the murderer <07523> (8802) shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714).
18 Or if he smite <05221> (8689) him with an hand <03027> weapon <03627> of wood <06086>, wherewith he may die <04191> (8799), and he die <04191> (8799), he is a murderer <07523> (8802): the murderer <07523> (8802) shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714).
19 The revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> himself shall slay <04191> (8686) the murderer <07523> (8802): when he meeteth <06293> (8800) him, he <01931> shall slay <04191> (8686) him.
20 But if he thrust <01920> (8799) him of hatred <08135>, or hurl <07993> (8689) at him by laying of wait <06660>, that he die <04191> (8799);
21 Or in enmity <0342> smite <05221> (8689) him with his hand <03027>, that he die <04191> (8799): he that smote <05221> (8688) him shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714); for he is a murderer <07523> (8802): the revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> shall slay <04191> (8686) the murderer <07523> (8802), when he meeteth <06293> (8800) him.
22 But if he thrust <01920> (8804) him suddenly <06621> without <03808> enmity <0342>, or have cast <07993> (8689) upon him any thing <03627> without laying of wait <06660>,
23 Or with any stone <068>, wherewith a man may die <04191> (8799), seeing <07200> (8800) him not <03808>, and cast <05307> (8686) it upon him, that he die <04191> (8799), and was not his enemy <0341> (8802) , neither sought <01245> (8764) his harm <07451>:
24 Then the congregation <05712> shall judge <08199> (8804) between the slayer <05221> (8688) and the revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> according to these judgments <04941>:
25 And the congregation <05712> shall deliver <05337> (8689) the slayer <07523> (8802) out of the hand <03027> of the revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818>, and the congregation <05712> shall restore <07725> (8689) him to the city <05892> of his refuge <04733>, whither he was fled <05127> (8804): and he shall abide <03427> (8804) in it unto the death <04194> of the high <01419> priest <03548>, which was anointed <04886> (8804) with the holy <06944> oil <08081> .
26 But if the slayer <07523> (8802) shall at any time <03318> (8800) come <03318> (8799) without the border <01366> of the city <05892> of his refuge <04733>, whither he was fled <05127> (8799);
27 And the revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> find <04672> (8804) him without <02351> the borders <01366> of the city <05892> of his refuge <04733>, and the revenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> kill <07523> (8804) the slayer <07523> (8802); he shall not be guilty of blood <01818>:
28 Because he should have remained <03427> (8799) in the city <05892> of his refuge <04733> until the death <04194> of the high <01419> priest <03548>: but after <0310> the death <04194> of the high <01419> priest <03548> the slayer <07523> (8802) shall return <07725> (8799) into the land <0776> of his possession <0272>.
29 So these things shall be for a statute <02708> of judgment <04941> unto you throughout your generations <01755> in all your dwellings <04186>.
30 Whoso killeth <05221> (8688) any person <05315>, the murderer <07523> (8802) shall be put to death <07523> (8799) by the mouth <06310> of witnesses <05707>: but one <0259> witness <05707> shall not testify <06030> (8799) against any person <05315> to cause him to die <04191> (8800).
31 Moreover ye shall take <03947> (8799) no satisfaction <03724> for the life <05315> of a murderer <07523> (8802), which is guilty <07563> of death <04191> (8800): but he shall be surely <04191> (8800) put to death <04191> (8714).
32 And ye shall take <03947> (8799) no satisfaction <03724> for him that is fled <05127> (8800) to the city <05892> of his refuge <04733>, that he should come again <07725> (8800) to dwell <03427> (8800) in the land <0776>, until the death <04194> of the priest <03548>.
33 So ye shall not pollute <02610> (8686) the land <0776> wherein ye are: for blood <01818> it defileth <02610> (8686) the land <0776>: and the land <0776> cannot be cleansed <03722> (8792) of the blood <01818> that is shed <08210> (8795) therein, but by the blood <01818> of him that shed <08210> (8802) it.
34 Defile <02930> (8762) not therefore the land <0776> which ye shall inhabit <03427> (8802), wherein <08432> I dwell <07931> (8802): for I the LORD <03068> dwell <07931> (8802) among <08432> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.