1 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan at Jericho, saying, BSB BSB: Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
2 GLT “Command the sons of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities for dwelling from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall give to the Levites pastureland for the cities, all around them. BSB BSB: “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
3 GLT And the cities will be for them for dwelling, and their pastureland will be for their livestock and for their property and for all their living things. BSB BSB: The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
4 GLT And the pasturelands of the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall be from the wall of the city and outward 1, 000 cubits all around. BSB BSB: The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
5 GLT And you shall measure 2, 000 by the cubit from outside of the city toward the corner of the east, and 2, 000 by the cubit to the corner of the south, and 2, 000 by the cubit to the corner of the west, and 2, 000 by the cubit to the corner of the north, and the city will be in the middle. This will be the pastureland of the cities for them. BSB BSB: You 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.
6 GLT And along with the cities which you shall give to the Levites, you shall give six cities of refuge to which the one who kills may flee, and in addition to them you shall give 42 cities. BSB BSB: Six 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.
7 GLT All the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall be 48 cities, them and their pasturelands. BSB BSB: The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
8 GLT And the cities that you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall increase from with the numerous, and you shall decrease from with the few. A man shall give from his cities to the Levites according to the mouth of his inheritance that he has inherited.” BSB BSB: The 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.”
9 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
10 GLT “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,‘When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 GLT then you shall choose for yourselves cities; they will be cities of refuge for you, and the one who kills, the one who struck down a person by mistake, shall flee to there. BSB BSB: designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
12 GLT And the cities will be for you for refuge from the avenger, and the one who kills will not die until he stands before the face of the congregation for the judgment. BSB BSB: You 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.
13 GLT And the cities that you shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you. BSB BSB: The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
14 GLT You shall give three cities from beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge. BSB BSB: Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
15 GLT For the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner, and for the temporary dweller in your midst, these six cities shall be for refuge to flee to, every one who has struck down a person by mistake. BSB BSB: These 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.
16 GLT And if he struck him down with an object of iron and he died, he is one who murders. The one who murders shall certainly be put to death. BSB BSB: If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
17 GLT And if he struck him down with a stone in hand by which one could die and he died, he is one who murders. The one who murders shall certainly be put to death. BSB BSB: Or 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.
18 GLT Or if he struck him down with an object of wood in hand by which one could die and he died, he is one who murders. The one who murders shall certainly be put to death. BSB BSB: If 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.
19 GLT The avenger of blood, he shall put the one who murders to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death. BSB BSB: The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
20 GLT And if with hatred he pushes him or throws something at him by lying in wait, and he dies, BSB BSB: Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
21 GLT or if with hostility he strikes him down with his hand, and he dies, you shall certainly put to death the one who strikes down; he is one who murders. The avenger of blood shall put to death the one who murders, when he meets him. BSB BSB: or 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.
22 GLT And if with suddenness without hostility he pushes him or throws any object at him without lying in wait, BSB BSB: But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
23 GLT or if with any stone by which one could die without seeing he drops it on him and he dies and he was not an enemy to him and was not seeking his harm, BSB BSB: or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
24 GLT then the congregation shall judge between the one who struck down and the avenger of blood in accordance with these judgments. BSB BSB: then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25 GLT And the congregation shall rescue the one who kills from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall bring him back into the city of his refuge to which he had fled, and he shall dwell in it until the death of the great priest, him whom he anointed with the oil of holiness. BSB BSB: The 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.
26 GLT And if the one who kills ever goes out of the border of the city of his refuge to which he has fled, BSB BSB: But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
27 GLT and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the one who kills, there will be no blood against him. BSB BSB: and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
28 GLT For in the city of his refuge he must dwell until the death of the great priest, and after the death of the great priest the one who kills may return to the land of his possession. BSB BSB: because 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.
29 GLT And these shall be for you as a statute of judgment for your generations in all your dwellings. BSB BSB: This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
30 GLT Every one who strikes down a person, according to the mouth of witnesses he must kill the one who kills. And one witness shall not testify against a person to put to death. BSB BSB: If 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.
32 GLT And you shall not take a ransom for the one who flees into the city of his refuge, to return to dwell in the land until the death of the priest. BSB BSB: Nor 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.
33 GLT And you shall not pollute the land which you are in because the blood itself pollutes the land. And atonement cannot be made for the land for the blood that is poured out on it except by the blood of the one who poured it out. BSB BSB: Do 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.
34 GLT And you shall not defile the land which you are dwelling in, which I am dwelling in the midst of, because I, Yahweh, am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’” BSB BSB: Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
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