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1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho, saying, |
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2 | Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the
Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell
in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the
cities round about them. |
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3 | 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 beasts. |
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4 | And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the
Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a
thousand cubits round about. |
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5 | And ye shall measure from without 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. |
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6 | And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites
there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint
for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye
shall add forty and two cities. |
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7 | So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be
forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. |
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8 | And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession
of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall
give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few:
every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according
to his inheritance which he inheriteth. |
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9 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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10 | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye
be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; |
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11 | Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for
you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any
person at unawares. |
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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. |
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13 | And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye
have for refuge. |
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14 | Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three
cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be
cities of refuge. |
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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 that killeth any person unawares may flee
thither. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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19 | The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he
meeteth him, he shall slay him. |
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20 | But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of
wait, that he die; |
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21 | Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that
smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer:
the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth
him. |
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22 | But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast
upon him any thing without laying of wait, |
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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: |
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24 | Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the
revenger of blood according to these judgments: |
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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, which was
anointed with the holy oil. |
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26 | But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of
the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; |
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27 | And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the
city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer;
he shall not be guilty of blood: |
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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. |
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29 | So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings. |
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30 | Whoso killeth 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. |
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31 | Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put
to death. |
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32 | And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the
city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the
land, until the death of the priest. |
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33 | So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it
defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the
blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed
it. |
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34 | Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein
I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. |
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