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1. The LORD again spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
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1. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 by H5921 Jordan H3383 near Jericho H3405 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.
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2. Command H6680 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , that they give H5414 unto the Levites H3881 of the inheritance H4480 H5159 of their possession H272 cities H5892 to dwell in H3427 ; and ye shall give H5414 also unto the Levites H3881 suburbs H4054 for the cities H5892 round about H5439 them.
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3. The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.
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3. And the cities H5892 shall they have H1961 to dwell in H3427 ; and the suburbs H4054 of them shall be H1961 for their cattle H929 , and for their goods H7399 , and for all H3605 their beasts H2416 .
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4. The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall 500 yards on every side.
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4. And the suburbs H4054 of the cities H5892 , which H834 ye shall give H5414 unto the Levites H3881 , shall reach from the wall H4480 H7023 of the city H5892 and outward H2351 a thousand H505 cubits H520 round about H5439 .
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5. Measure 1,000 yards outside the city for the east side, 1,000 yards for the south side, 1,000 yards for the west side, and 1,000 yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
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5. And ye shall measure H4058 from without H4480 H2351 the city H5892 on H853 the east H6924 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520 , and on the south H5045 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520 , and on the west H3220 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520 , and on the north H6828 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520 ; and the city H5892 shall be in the midst H8432 : this H2088 shall be H1961 to them the suburbs H4054 of the cities H5892 .
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6. "The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.
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6. And among H854 the cities H5892 which H834 ye shall give H5414 unto the Levites H3881 there shall be H853 six H8337 cities H5892 for refuge H4733 , which H834 ye shall appoint H5414 for the manslayer H7523 , that he may flee H5127 thither H8033 : and to H5921 them ye shall add H5414 forty H705 and two H8147 cities H5892 .
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7. The total number of cities you give the Levites will be 48, along with their pasturelands.
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7. So all H3605 the cities H5892 which H834 ye shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall be forty H705 and eight H8083 cities H5892 : them shall ye give with H854 their suburbs H4054 .
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8. Of the cities that you give from the Israelites' territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives."
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8. And the cities H5892 which H834 ye shall give H5414 shall be of the possession H4480 H272 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : from H4480 H854 them that have many H7227 ye shall give many H7235 ; but from H4480 H854 them that have few H4592 ye shall give few H4591 : every one H376 shall give H5414 of his cities H4480 H5892 unto the Levites H3881 according to H6310 his inheritance H5159 which H834 he inheriteth H5157 .
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9. The LORD said to Moses,
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9. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 , saying H559 ,
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10. "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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10. Speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and say H559 unto H413 them, When H3588 ye H859 be come over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 ;
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11. designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
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11. Then ye shall appoint H7136 you cities H5892 to be H1961 cities H5892 of refuge H4733 for you ; that the slayer H7523 may flee H5127 thither H8033 , which killeth H5221 any person H5315 at unawares H7684 .
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12. You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
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12. And they shall be H1961 unto you cities H5892 for refuge H4733 from the avenger H4480 H1350 ; that the manslayer H7523 die H4191 not H3808 , until H5704 he stand H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 in judgment H4941 .
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13. The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
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13. And of these cities H5892 which H834 ye shall give H5414 six H8337 cities H5892 shall ye have H1961 for refuge H4733 .
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14. Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.
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14. Ye shall give H5414 H853 three H7969 cities H5892 on this side H4480 H5676 Jordan H3383 , and three H7969 cities H5892 shall ye give H5414 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , which shall be H1961 cities H5892 of refuge H4733 .
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15. These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
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15. These H428 six H8337 cities H5892 shall be H1961 a refuge H4733 , both for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and for the stranger H1616 , and for the sojourner H8453 among H8432 them : that every one H3605 that killeth H5221 any person H5315 unawares H7684 may flee H5127 thither H8033 .
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16. "If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.
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16. And if H518 he smite H5221 him with an instrument H3627 of iron H1270 , so that he die H4191 , he H1931 is a murderer H7523 : the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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17. If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another man and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.
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17. And if H518 he smite H5221 him with throwing H3027 a stone H68 , wherewith H834 he may die H4191 , and he die H4191 , he H1931 is a murderer H7523 : the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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18. If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.
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18. Or H176 if he smite H5221 him with a hand H3027 weapon H3627 of wood H6086 , wherewith H834 he may die H4191 , and he die H4191 , he H1931 is a murderer H7523 : the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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19. The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
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19. The revenger H1350 of blood H1818 himself H1931 shall slay H4191 H853 the murderer H7523 : when he meeteth H6293 him, he H1931 shall slay H4191 him.
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20. Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,
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20. But if H518 he thrust H1920 him of hatred H8135 , or H176 hurl H7993 at H5921 him by laying of wait H6660 , that he die H4191 ;
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21. or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.
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21. Or H176 in enmity H342 smite H5221 him with his hand H3027 , that he die H4191 : he that smote H5221 him shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 ; for he H1931 is a murderer H7523 : the revenger H1350 of blood H1818 shall slay H4191 H853 the murderer H7523 , when he meeteth H6293 him.
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22. "But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent
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22. But if H518 he thrust H1920 him suddenly H6621 without H3808 enmity H342 , or H176 have cast H7993 upon H5921 him any thing H3605 H3627 without H3808 laying of wait H6660 ,
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23. or drops a stone without looking that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and wasn't trying to harm him,
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23. Or H176 with any H3605 stone H68 , wherewith H834 a man may die H4191 , seeing H7200 him not H3808 , and cast H5307 it upon H5921 him , that he die H4191 , and was not H3808 his enemy H341 , neither H3808 sought H1245 his harm H7451 :
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24. the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
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24. Then the congregation H5712 shall judge H8199 between H996 the slayer H5221 and the revenger H1350 of blood H1818 according to H5921 these H428 judgments H4941 :
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25. The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
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25. And the congregation H5712 shall deliver H5337 H853 the slayer H7523 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the revenger H1350 of blood H1818 , and the congregation H5712 shall restore H7725 him to H413 the city H5892 of his refuge H4733 , whither H834 H8033 he was fled H5127 : and he shall abide H3427 in it unto H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 , which H834 was anointed H4886 with the holy H6944 oil H8081 .
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26. "If the one who kills someone ever goes outside the border of the city of refuge he fled to,
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26. But if H518 the slayer H7523 shall at any time come without H3318 H3318 H853 the border H1366 of the city H5892 of his refuge H4733 , whither H834 H8033 he was fled H5127 ;
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27. and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
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27. And the revenger H1350 of blood H1818 find H4672 him without H4480 H2351 the borders H1366 of the city H5892 of his refuge H4733 , and the revenger H1350 of blood H1818 kill H7523 H853 the slayer H7523 ; he shall not H369 be guilty of blood H1818 :
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28. for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.
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28. Because H3588 he should have remained H3427 in the city H5892 of his refuge H4733 until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 : but after H310 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 the slayer H7523 shall return H7725 into H413 the land H776 of his possession H272 .
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29. These instructions will be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.
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29. So these H428 things shall be H1961 for a statute H2708 of judgment H4941 unto you throughout your generations H1755 in all H3605 your dwellings H4186 .
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30. "If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.
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30. Whoso H3605 killeth H5221 any person H5315 , H853 the murderer H7523 shall be put to death H7523 by the mouth H6310 of witnesses H5707 : but one H259 witness H5707 shall not H3808 testify H6030 against any person H5315 to cause him to die H4191 .
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31. You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of killing someone; he must be put to death.
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31. Moreover ye shall take H3947 no H3808 satisfaction H3724 for the life H5315 of a murderer H7523 , which H834 is guilty H7563 of death H4191 : but H3588 he shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 .
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32. Neither should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to his city of refuge, allowing him to return and live in the land before the death of the high priest.
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32. And ye shall take H3947 no H3808 satisfaction H3724 for him that is fled H5127 to H413 the city H5892 of his refuge H4733 , that he should come again H7725 to dwell H3427 in the land H776 , until H5704 the death H4194 of the priest H3548 .
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33. "Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
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33. So ye shall not H3808 pollute H2610 H853 the land H776 wherein H834 ye H859 are : for H3588 blood H1818 it H1931 defileth H2610 H853 the land H776 : and the land H776 cannot H3808 be cleansed H3722 of the blood H1818 that H834 is shed H8210 therein, but H3588 H518 by the blood H1818 of him that shed H8210 it.
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34. Do not make the land unclean where you live and where I reside; for I, the Lord, reside among the Israelites."
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34. Defile H2930 not H3808 therefore H853 the land H776 which H834 ye H859 shall inhabit H3427 , wherein H834 H8432 I H589 dwell H7931 : for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 dwell H7931 among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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