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1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

1The LORD told Moses in the wilderness of Moab, beside the Jordan River near Jericho,

2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

2"Instruct the Israelis to set aside a portion of their inheritance for the descendants of Levi to live in, along with grazing land surrounding their towns.

3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

3The towns are to be reserved for their dwelling places and the grazing lands are to be reserved for their cattle, livestock, and all their animals.

4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

4The grazing lands that you are to reserve for use by the descendants of Levi are to extend 1,000 cubits from the walls of the town.

5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

5You are to measure from outside the wall of the town on the east side 2,000 cubits, on the south side 2,000 cubits, on the west side 2,000 cubits, and on the north side 2,000 cubits, with the town placed at the center. This reserved area is to serve as grazing land for their towns.

6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

6You are to set aside six towns of refuge from the towns that you will be giving to the descendants of Levi, where someone who kills a human being may run for shelter. In addition, give them 42 other towns.

7The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

7The total number of towns that you are to give to the descendants of Levi is to be 48 towns, including grazing lands surrounding these towns.

8The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

8You are to apportion the towns that you will be giving the Israelis according to the relative size of the tribe. Take a larger portion from those larger in number and a lesser portion from those fewer in number. Each is to set aside towns for the descendants of Levi proportional to the size of their inheritance that they receive."

9Then the LORD said to Moses,

9Then the LORD told Moses,

10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

10"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

11designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

11they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.

12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

12They are to serve as cities of refuge from a blood avenger in order to keep the inadvertent killer from dying until he has stood trial in the presence of the community.

13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

13You are to set aside six towns of refuge.

14Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

14Appoint three towns this side of the Jordan River and three towns in the land of Canaan to serve as the towns of refuge,

15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

15that is, places of refuge for the Israelis, the resident alien, and any travelers among them. Anyone who kills a person inadvertently may flee there."

16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

16"Whoever uses an iron implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

17Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

18If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

18Also, whoever uses a wooden implement to kill someone with it is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

19The blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

20Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

20If the killer shoved his victim out of hatred, or hurled something at him while waiting in ambush so that he died,

21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

21or if he struck him with his hand out of hatred so that he died, then the killer is certainly to be put to death for murder. The avenger of blood is to put him to death when he meets him."

22But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

22"But if he pushed him suddenly without hatred, or if he hurled something in his direction without waiting in ambush,

23or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

23or if he hit him with a stone carelessly so that he was fatally injured, though he isn't his enemy and he wasn't seeking to commit evil against him,

24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

24then the community is to judge between the inadvertent killer and the blood avenger, following these ordinances.

25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

25The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil.

26But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

26But if the inadvertent killer leaves the town of refuge where he had fled

27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed

27and the blood avenger finds him outside the town of refuge where he had fled and kills him, the blood avenger is not to be found guilty of murder.

28because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.

28The inadvertent killer is to live in the town of refuge until the High Priest dies. After the death of the High Priest, the inadvertent killer is to return to the land of his inheritance.

29This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

29These are to be the statutes and ordinances for you throughout all your generations, regardless of where you live."

30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

30"Every murderer of a human being is to be executed only according to testimony given by multiple witnesses. A single witness is not to result in a death sentence.

31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

31You are to receive no ransom for the life of a killer who is guilty of murder; instead, he is to die.

32Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

32You are not to receive payment of a ransom for someone who had fled to a town of refuge but then left to live in his homeland before the death of the high priest.

33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

33You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.

34Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

34You are not to defile the land where you will be living, because I'm living among you. I am the LORD, who lives in Israel."

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