ASV_Strong : Numbers 35
1. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] in the plains[H6160] of Moab[H4124] by the Jordan[H3383] at Jericho[H3405], saying[H559],
2. Command[H6680] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], that they give[H5414] unto the Levites[H3881] of the inheritance[H5159] of their possession[H272] cities[H5892] to dwell in[H3427]; and suburbs[H4054] for the cities[H5892] round about[H5439] them shall ye give[H5414] unto the Levites[H3881].
3. And the cities[H5892] shall they have to dwell in[H3427]; and their suburbs[H4054] shall be for their cattle[H929], and for their substance[H7399], and for all their beasts[H2416].
4. And the suburbs[H4054] of the cities[H5892], which ye shall give[H5414] unto the Levites[H3881], shall be from the wall[H7023] of the city[H5892] and outward[H2351] a thousand[H505] cubits[H520] round about[H5439].
5. And ye shall measure[H4058] without[H2351] the city[H5892] for the east[H6924] side[H6285] two thousand[H505] cubits[H520], and for the south[H5045] side[H6285] two thousand[H505] cubits[H520], and for the west[H3220] side[H6285] two thousand[H505] cubits[H520], and for the north[H6828] side[H6285] two thousand[H505] cubits[H520], the city[H5892] being in the midst[H8432]. This shall be to them the suburbs[H4054] of the cities[H5892].
6. And the cities[H5892] which ye shall give[H5414] unto the Levites[H3881], they shall be the six[H8337] cities[H5892] of refuge[H4733], which ye shall give[H5414] for the manslayer[H7523] to flee[H5127] unto[H5414]: and besides them ye shall give forty[H705] and two[H8147] cities[H5892].
7. All the cities[H5892] which ye shall give[H5414] to the Levites[H3881] shall be forty[H705] and eight[H8083] cities[H5892]; them shall ye give with their suburbs[H4054].
8. And concerning the cities[H5892] which ye shall give[H5414] of the possession[H272] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], from the many[H7227] ye shall take many[H7227]; and from the few[H4592] ye shall take few[H4592]: every one[H376] according[H6310] to his inheritance[H5159] which he inheriteth[H5157] shall give[H5414] of his cities[H5892] unto the Levites[H3881].
9. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
10. Speak[H1696] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and say[H559] unto them[H5674], When ye pass over the Jordan[H3383] into the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667],
11. then ye shall appoint[H7136] you cities[H5892] to be cities[H5892] of refuge[H4733] for you[H7523], that the manslayer that killeth[H5221] any person[H5315] unwittingly[H7684] may flee thither[H5127].
12. And the cities[H5892] shall be unto you for refuge[H4733] from the avenger[H1350], that the manslayer[H7523] die[H4191] not[H5975], until he stand before[H6440] the congregation[H5712] for judgment[H4941].
13. And the cities[H5892] which ye shall give[H5414] shall be for you six[H8337] cities[H5892] of refuge[H4733].
14. Ye shall give[H5414] three[H7969] cities[H5892] beyond[H5676] the Jordan[H3383], and three[H7969] cities[H5892] shall ye give[H5414] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]; they shall be cities[H5892] of refuge[H4733].
15. For the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and for the stranger[H1616] and for the sojourner[H1616] among[H8432] them[H8337], shall these six cities[H5892] be for refuge[H4733]; that every one that killeth[H5221] any person[H5315] unwittingly[H7684] may flee thither[H5127].
16. But if he smote[H5221] him with an instrument[H3627] of iron[H1270], so that he died[H4191], he is a murderer[H7523]: the murderer[H7523] shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
17. And if he smote[H5221] him with a stone[H68] in the hand[H3027], whereby a man may die[H4191], and he died[H4191], he is a murderer[H7523]: the murderer[H7523] shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
18. Or if he smote[H5221] him with a weapon[H3627] of wood[H6086] in the hand[H3027], whereby a man may die[H4191], and he died[H4191], he is a murderer[H7523]: the murderer[H7523] shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
19. The avenger of blood[H1818] shall himself put the murderer[H7523] to death[H4191]: when he[H1931] meeteth[H6293] him[H1931], he shall put him to death[H4191].
20. And if he thrust[H1920] him of hatred[H8135], or hurled[H7993] at him[H6660], lying in wait, so that he died[H4191],
21. or in enmity[H342] smote[H5221] him with his hand[H3027], so that he died[H4191]; he that smote[H5221] him shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191]; he is a murderer[H7523]: the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] shall put the murderer[H7523] to death[H4191], when he meeteth him[H6293].
22. But if he thrust[H1920] him suddenly[H6621] without[H3808] enmity[H342], or hurled[H7993] upon him anything[H3627] without lying in wait[H6660],
23. or with any stone[H68], whereby a man may die[H4191], seeing[H7200] him not[H3808], and cast[H5307] it upon him[H4191], so that he died, and he was not his enemy[H341], neither sought[H1245] his harm[H7451];
24. then the congregation[H5712] shall judge[H8199] between the smiter[H5221] and the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] according to these ordinances[H4941];
25. and the congregation[H5712] shall deliver[H5337] the manslayer[H7523] out of the hand[H3027] of the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818], and the congregation[H5712] shall restore[H7725] him to his city[H5892] of refuge[H4733], whither he was fled[H5127]: and he shall dwell[H3427] therein until the death[H4194] of the high[H1419] priest[H3548], who was anointed[H4886] with the holy[H6944] oil[H8081].
26. But if the manslayer[H7523] shall at any time[H3318] go[H3318] beyond the border[H1366] of his city[H5892] of refuge[H4733], whither he fleeth[H5127],
27. and the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] find[H4672] him without[H2351] the border[H1366] of his city[H5892] of refuge[H4733], and the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] slay[H7523] the manslayer[H7523]; he shall not be guilty of blood[H1818],
28. because he should have remained[H3427] in his city[H5892] of refuge[H4733] until the death[H4194] of the high[H1419] priest[H3548]: but after[H310] the death[H4194] of the high[H1419] priest[H3548] the manslayer[H7523] shall return[H7725] into the land[H776] of his possession[H272].
29. And these things shall be for a statute[H2708] and ordinance[H4941] unto you throughout your generations[H1755] in all your dwellings[H4186].
30. Whoso killeth[H5221] any person[H5315], the murderer[H7523] shall be slain[H7523] at the mouth[H6310] of witnesses[H5707]: but one[H259] witness[H5707] shall not testify[H6030] against any person[H5315] that he die[H4191].
31. Moreover ye shall take[H3947] no ransom[H3724] for the life[H5315] of a murderer[H7523], that is guilty[H7563] of death[H4191]; but he shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
32. And ye shall take[H3947] no ransom[H3724] for him that is fled[H5127] to his city[H5892] of refuge[H4733], that he may come again[H7725] to dwell[H3427] in the land[H776], until the death[H4194] of the priest[H3548].
33. So ye shall not pollute[H2610] the land[H776] wherein ye are[H1818]: for blood, it polluteth[H2610] the land[H776]; and no expiation[H3722] can be made for the land[H776] for the blood[H1818] that is shed[H8210] therein[H1818], but by the blood of him that shed it[H8210].
34. And thou shalt not defile[H2930] the land[H776] which ye inhabit[H3427], in the midst of which[H8432] I dwell[H7931]: for I[H3068], Jehovah, dwell[H7931] in[H8432] the midst of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
Related Links: