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Chapter 35 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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| And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over
Jordan into the land of Canaan; |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 13 | And of these cities which ye
shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 20 | But if he
thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; |
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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. |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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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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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| 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. |
| 29 | So these
things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations
in all your dwellings. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 34 |
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein
I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. |
