| Chapter
35 |
| 1 | And
the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,
saying, |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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; |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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; |
| 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. |
| 22 | But if he thrust him suddenly without
enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, |
| 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. |
| 26 | But if the slayer shall at any
time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was
fled; |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
