strkjv@Numbers:35:1
@ And the
LORD
spake
unto
Moses
in the
plains
of
Moab
by
Jordan
near
Jericho
,
saying
,
strkjv@Numbers: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.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:9
@ And the
LORD
spake
unto
Moses
,
saying
,
strkjv@Numbers:35:10
@
Speak
unto the
children
of
Israel
, and
say
unto them, When ye be come
over
Jordan
into the
land
of
Canaan
K@;
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:13
@ And of these
cities
which ye shall
give
six
cities
shall ye have for
refuge
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:14
@ Ye shall
give
three
cities
on this
side
Jordan
, and
three
cities
shall ye
give
in the
land
of
Canaan
K@, which shall be
cities
of
refuge
.
strkjv@Numbers: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.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:19
@ The
revenger
of
blood
himself shall
slay
the
murderer
: when he
meeteth
him,
he
shall
slay
him.
strkjv@Numbers:35:20
@ But if he
thrust
H him of
hatred
, or
hurl
at him by laying of
wait
, that he
die
;
strkjv@Numbers: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.
strkjv@Numbers:35:22
@ But if he
thrust
H him
suddenly
without
enmity
, or have
cast
upon him any
thing
without laying of
wait
,
strkjv@Numbers: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
:
strkjv@Numbers:35:24
@ Then the
congregation
shall
judge
between the
slayer
and the
revenger
of
blood
according to these
judgments
:
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:26
@ But if the
slayer
shall at any
time
come
without the
border
of the
city
of his
refuge
, whither he was
fled
;
strkjv@Numbers: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
:
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers:35:29
@ So these things shall be for a
statute
of
judgment
unto you throughout your
generations
in all your
dwellings
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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
.
strkjv@Numbers: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.
strkjv@Numbers:35:34
@
Defile
not therefore the
land
which ye shall
inhabit
,
wherein
I
dwell
: for I the
LORD
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel
.
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