35:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west
of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
35:2 Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the
Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall
give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.
35:3 And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their enclosures
shall be for their cattle and all their beasts.
35:4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall
be from the wall of the city and outwards two thousand cubits round about.
35:5 And thou shalt measure outside 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 your city
shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities [as described].
35:6 And ye shall give the cities to the Levites, the six cities of refuge
which ye shall give for the slayer to flee thither, and in addition to
these, forty-two cities.
35:7 Ye shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their
suburbs.
35:8 And as for the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the
children of Israel, from those [that have] much [ye shall give] much, and
from those that have less ye shall give less: they shall give of their
cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall
inherit.
35:9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
35:10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are to
cross over Jordan into the land of Chanaan.
35:11 And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities
of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has killed another
unintentionally.
35:12 And the cities shall be to you places of refuge from the avenger of
blood, and the slayer shall not die until he stands before the congregation
for judgment.
35:13 And the cities which ye shall assign, [even] the six cities, shall be
places of refuge for you.
35:14 Ye shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and ye shall
assign three cities in the land of Chanaan.
35:15 It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the
stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a
place of refuge, for every one to flee thither who has killed a man
unintentionally.
35:16 And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should
die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
35:17 And if he should smite him with a stone [thrown] from his hand,
whereby a man may die, and he [thus] die, he is a murderer; let the murderer
by all means be put to death.
35:18 And if he should smite him with an instrument of wood from his hand,
whereby he may die, and he [thus] die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by
all means be put to death.
35:19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whensoever he
shall meet him he shall slay him.
35:20 And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast any thing upon him
from an ambuscade, and the man should die,
35:21 or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man
should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a
murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of
blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.
35:22 But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast any
thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,
35:23 or [smite him] with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it
should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor
sought to hurt him;
35:24 then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of
blood, according to these judgments.
35:25 And the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of
blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither
he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of the
high-priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil.
35:26 But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the
city whither he fled for refuge,
35:27 and the avenger of blood should find him without the bounds of the
city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the slayer, he is
not guilty.
35:28 For he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the
high-priest died; and after the death of the high-priest the slayer shall
return to the land of his possession.
35:29 And these things shall be to you for an ordinance of judgment
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
35:30 Whoever kills a man, thou shalt slay the murderer on the testimony of
witnesses; and one witness shall not testify against a soul that he should
die.
35:31 And ye shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy
of death, for he shall be surely put to death.
35:32 Ye shall not accept a ransom [to excuse] his fleeing to the city of
refuge, so that he should again dwell in the land, until the death of the
high-priest.
35:33 So shall ye not pollute with murder the land in which ye dwell; for
this blood pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from the
blood shed upon it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
35:34 And ye shall no defile the land whereon ye dwell, on which I dwell in
the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of the children of
Israel. |
35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
35:2 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.
35:3 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.
35:4 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.
35:5 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.
35:6 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.
35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and
eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
35:8 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.
35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
35:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
35:11 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.
35:12 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.
35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for
refuge.
35:14 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.
35:15 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.
35:16 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.
35:17 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.
35:18 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.
35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth
him, he shall slay him.
35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that
he die;
35:21 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.
35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him
any thing without laying of wait,
35:23 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:
35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger
of blood according to these judgments:
35:25 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.
35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the
city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
35:27 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:
35:28 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.
35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
35:30 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.
35:31 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.
35:32 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.
35:33 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.
35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell:
for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. |