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1. "When the LORD, your God, removes the nations whose land he is giving you, and you have taken their place and are settled in their cities and houses,
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1. When H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath cut off H3772 H853 the nations H1471 , whose H834 H853 land H776 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee , and thou succeedest H3423 them , and dwellest H3427 in their cities H5892 , and in their houses H1004 ;
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2. you shall set apart three cities in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you to occupy.
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2. Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 cities H5892 for thee in the midst H8432 of thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it.
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3. You shall thereby divide into three regions the land which the LORD, your God, will give you as a heritage, and so arrange the routes that every homicide will be able to find a refuge.
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3. Thou shalt prepare H3559 thee a way H1870 , and divide H8027 H853 the coasts H1366 of thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth thee to inherit H5157 , into three parts , that every H3605 slayer H7523 may H1961 flee H5127 thither H8033 .
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4. "It is in the following case that a homicide may take refuge in such a place to save his life: when someone unwittingly kills his neighbor to whom he had previously borne no malice.
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4. And this H2088 is the case H1697 of the slayer H7523 , which H834 shall flee H5127 thither H8033 , that he may live H2425 : Whoso H834 killeth H5221 H853 his neighbor H7453 ignorantly H1907 H1947 , whom he H1931 hated H8130 not H3808 in time H8032 past H4480 H8657 ;
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5. For example, if he goes with his neighbor to a forest to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, its head flies off the handle and hits his neighbor a mortal blow, he may take refuge in one of these cities to save his life.
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5. As when a man H834 goeth H935 into the wood H3293 with H854 his neighbor H7453 to hew H2404 wood H6086 , and his hand H3027 fetcheth a stroke H5080 with the axe H1631 to cut down H3772 the tree H6086 , and the head H1270 slippeth H5394 from H4480 the helve H6086 , and lighteth upon H4672 H853 his neighbor H7453 , that he die H4191 ; he H1931 shall flee H5127 unto H413 one H259 of those H428 cities H5892 , and live H2425 :
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6. Should the distance be too great, the avenger of blood may in the heat of his anger pursue the homicide and overtake him and strike him dead, even though he does not merit death since he had previously borne the slain man no malice.
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6. Lest H6435 the avenger H1350 of the blood H1818 pursue H7291 H310 the slayer H7523 , while H3588 his heart H3824 is hot H3179 , and overtake H5381 him, because H3588 the way H1870 is long H7235 , and slay H5221 him H5315 ; whereas he was not H369 worthy of death H4941 H4194 , inasmuch as H3588 he H1931 hated H8130 him not H3808 in time H8032 past H4480 H8543 .
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7. That is why I order you to set apart three cities.
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7. Wherefore H5921 H3651 I H595 command H6680 thee, saying H559 , Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 cities H5892 for thee.
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8. "But if the LORD, your God, enlarges your territory, as he swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land he promised your fathers he would give
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8. And if H518 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 enlarge H7337 H853 thy coast H1366 , as H834 he hath sworn H7650 unto thy fathers H1 , and give H5414 thee H853 all H3605 the land H776 which H834 he promised H1696 to give H5414 unto thy fathers H1 ;
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9. in the event that you carefully observe all these commandments which I enjoin on you today, loving the LORD, your God, and ever walking in his ways: then add three cities to these three.
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9. If H3588 thou shalt keep H8104 H853 all H3605 these H2063 commandments H4687 to do H6213 them, which H834 I H595 command H6680 thee this day H3117 , to love H157 H853 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and to walk H1980 ever H3605 H3117 in his ways H1870 ; then shalt thou add H3254 three H7969 cities H5892 more H5750 for thee, beside H5921 these H428 three H7969 :
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10. Thus, in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you as a heritage, innocent blood will not be shed and you will not become guilty of bloodshed.
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10. That innocent H5355 blood H1818 be not H3808 shed H8210 in H7130 thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee for an inheritance H5159 , and so blood H1818 be H1961 upon H5921 thee.
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11. "However, if someone lies in wait for his neighbor out of hatred for him, and rising up against him, strikes him mortally, and then takes refuge in one of these cities,
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11. But if H3588 any man H376 hate H1961 H8130 his neighbor H7453 , and lie in wait H693 for him , and rise up H6965 against H5921 him , and smite H5221 him mortally H5315 that he die H4191 , and fleeth H5127 into H413 one H259 of these H411 cities H5892 :
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12. the elders of his own city shall send for him and have him taken from there, and shall hand him over to be slain by the avenger of blood.
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12. Then the elders H2205 of his city H5892 shall send H7971 and fetch H3947 him thence H4480 H8033 , and deliver H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 , that he may die H4191 .
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13. Do not look on him with pity, but purge from Israel the stain of shedding innocent blood, that you may prosper.
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13. Thine eye H5869 shall not H3808 pity H2347 H5921 him , but thou shalt put away H1197 the guilt of innocent H5355 blood H1818 from Israel H4480 H3478 , that it may go well H2895 with thee.
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14. "You shall not move your neighbor's landmarks erected by your forefathers in the heritage you receive in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you to occupy.
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14. Thou shalt not H3808 remove H5253 thy neighbor H7453 's landmark H1366 , which H834 they of old time H7223 have set H1379 in thine inheritance H5159 , which H834 thou shalt inherit H5157 in the land H776 that H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it.
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15. "One witness alone shall not take the stand against a man in regard to any crime or any offense of which he may be guilty; a judicial fact shall be established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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15. One H259 witness H5707 shall not H3808 rise up H6965 against a man H376 for any H3605 iniquity H5771 , or for any H3605 sin H2403 , in any H3605 sin H2399 that H834 he sinneth H2398 : at H5921 the mouth H6310 of two H8147 witnesses H5707 , or H176 at H5921 the mouth H6310 of three H7969 witnesses H5707 , shall the matter H1697 be established H6965 .
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16. "If an unjust witness takes the stand against a man to accuse him of a defection from the law,
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16. If H3588 a false H2555 witness H5707 rise up H6965 against any man H376 to testify H6030 against him that which is wrong H5627 ;
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17. the two parties in the dispute shall appear before the LORD in the presence of the priests or judges in office at that time;
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17. Then both H8147 the men H376 , between whom H834 the controversy H7379 is , shall stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , before H6440 the priests H3548 and the judges H8199 , which H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 ;
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18. and if after a thorough investigation the judges find that the witness is a false witness and has accused his kinsman falsely,
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18. And the judges H8199 shall make diligent inquisition H1875 H3190 : and, behold H2009 , if the witness H5707 be a false H8267 witness H5707 , and hath testified H6030 falsely H8267 against his brother H251 ;
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19. you shall do to him as he planned to do to his kinsman. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.
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19. Then shall ye do H6213 unto him, as H834 he had thought H2161 to have done H6213 unto his brother H251 : so shalt thou put the evil away H1197 H7451 from among H4480 H7130 you.
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20. The rest, on hearing of it, shall fear, and never again do a thing so evil among you.
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20. And those which remain H7604 shall hear H8085 , and fear H3372 , and shall henceforth H3254 commit H6213 no H3808 more H5750 any H1697 such H2088 evil H7451 among H7130 you.
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21. Do not look on such a man with pity. Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot!
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21. And thine eye H5869 shall not H3808 pity H2347 ; but life H5315 shall go for life H5315 , eye H5869 for eye H5869 , tooth H8127 for tooth H8127 , hand H3027 for hand H3027 , foot H7272 for foot H7272 .
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