35In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H6160H4124H3383H3405H559 2Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance that they possess, towns for the Levites to live in; you shall also give to the Levites pasture lands surrounding the towns.H6680H1121H3478H5414H3881H5159H272H5892H3427H5414H3881H4054H5892H5439 3The towns shall be theirs to live in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle, for their livestock, and for all their animals.H5892H3427H4054H929H7399H2416 4The pasture lands of the towns, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the town outward a thousand cubits all around.H4054H5892H5414H3881H7023H5892H2351H505H520H5439 5You shall measure, outside the town, for the east side two thousand cubits, for the south side two thousand cubits, for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, with the town in the middle; this shall belong to them as pasture land for their towns.H4058H2351H5892H6924H6285H505H520H5045H6285H505H520H3220H6285H505H520H6828H6285H505H520H5892H8432H4054H5892 6The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns.H5892H5414H3881H8337H5892H4733H5414H7523H5127H5414H705H8147H5892 7The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands.H5892H5414H3881H705H8083H5892H4054 8And as for the towns that you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, 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 obtains, shall give of its towns to the Levites.H5892H5414H272H1121H3478H7227H7235H4592H4591H376H5414H5892H3881H6310H5159H5157 9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 10Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,H1696H1121H3478H559H5674H3383H776H3667 11then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that a slayer who kills a person without intent may flee there.H7136H5892H5892H4733H7523H5127H5221H5315H7684 12The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.H5892H4733H1350H7523H4191H5975H6440H5712H4941 13The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you:H5892H5414H8337H5892H4733 14you shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.H5414H7969H5892H5676H3383H7969H5892H5414H776H3667H5892H4733 15These six cities shall serve as refuge for the Israelites, for the resident or transient alien among them, so that anyone who kills a person without intent may flee there.H8337H5892H4733H1121H3478H1616H8453H8432H5221H5315H7684H5127 16But anyone who strikes another with an iron object, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.H5221H3627H1270H4191H7523H7523H4191H4191 17Or anyone who strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.H5221H3027H68H4191H4191H7523H7523H4191H4191 18Or anyone who strikes another with a weapon of wood in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.H5221H3027H3627H6086H4191H4191H7523H7523H4191H4191 19The avenger of blood is the one who shall put the murderer to death; when they meet, the avenger of blood shall execute the sentence.H1350H1818H4191H7523H6293H1931H4191 20Likewise, if someone pushes another from hatred, or hurls something at another, lying in wait, and death ensues,H1920H8135H7993H6660H4191 21or in enmity strikes another with the hand, and death ensues, then the one who struck the blow shall be put to death; that person is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when they meet.H342H5221H3027H4191H5221H4191H4191H7523H1350H1818H4191H7523H6293 22But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,H1920H6621H3808H342H7993H3627H6660 23or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies, and no harm was intended,H68H4191H7200H3808H5307H4191H341H1245H7451 24then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;H5712H8199H5221H1350H1818H4941 25and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.H5712H5337H7523H3027H1350H1818H5712H7725H5892H4733H5127H3427H4194H1419H3548H4886H6944H8081 26But if the slayer shall at any time go outside the bounds of the original city of refuge,H7523H3318H3318H1366H5892H4733H5127 27and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge, and is killed by the avenger, no bloodguilt shall be incurred.H1350H1818H4672H2351H1366H5892H4733H1350H1818H7523H7523H1818 28For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return home.H3427H5892H4733H4194H1419H3548H310H4194H1419H3548H7523H7725H776H272 29These things shall be a statute and ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.H2708H4941H1755H4186 30If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.H5221H5315H7523H7523H6310H5707H259H5707H6030H5315H4191 31Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death.H3947H3724H5315H7523H7563H4191H4191H4191 32Nor shall you accept ransom for one who has fled to a city of refuge, enabling the fugitive to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest.H3947H3724H5127H5892H4733H7725H3427H776H4194H3548 33You shall not pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.H2610H776H1818H2610H776H776H3722H1818H8210H1818H8210 34You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the Israelites.H2930H776H3427H8432H7931H3068H7931H8432H1121H3478
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