Numbers:35

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* And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden , toward Iericho , saying , * Command the children of Israel , that they give unto the (note :)Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan .(:note ) Levites of the inheritance of their possession God would have them scattered through all the land , because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law . cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give [also ] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them . * So they shall haue the cities to dwell in , &amp ; their suburbes shall be for their cattell , and for their substance , and for all their beasts . * And the suburbes of the cities , which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites , from the wall of the citie outward , shalbe a thousand cubites round about . * And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side (note :)So that in all were three thousand , and in the compass of these two thousand , they might plant and sow .(:note ) 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 . * And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites , there shalbe sixe cities for refuge , which ye shal appoint , that he which killeth , may flee thither : and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo . * All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites , shalbe eight and fourtie cities : them shal ye giue with their suburbes . * And concerning the cities which yee shall giue , of the possession of the children of Israel : of many ye shall take mo , and of few ye shall take lesse : euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites , according to his inheritance , which hee inheriteth . * And the Lorde spake vnto Moses , saying , * Speake vnto the children of Israel , and say vnto them , When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan , * Ye shall appoint you cities , to bee cities of refuge for you , that the slayer , which slayeth any person vnwares , may flee thither . * And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the (note :)Meaning , from the next of the kindred , who ought to pursue the cause .(:note ) avenger ; that the manslayer die not , until he stand before the congregation in judgment . * And of the cities which ye shall giue , sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge . * Ye shall give three cities (note :)Among the Reubenites , Gadites , and half the tribe of Manasseh , ( Deu_4:41 ).(:note ) on this side Jordan , and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan , [which ] shall be cities of refuge . * These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel , and for the stranger , and for him that dwelleth among you , that euery one which killeth any person vnwares , may flee thither . * And if he (note :)Wittingly , and willingly .(:note ) smite him with an instrument of iron , so that he die , he [is ] a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death . * And if he smite him with throwing a (note :)That is , with a big and dangerous stone : in Hebrew , with a stone of his hand .(:note ) stone , wherewith he may die , and he die , he [is ] a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death . * Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood , wherewith he may be slaine , if he die , he is a murtherer , and the murtherer shall die the death . * The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer : when he meeteth him , he shall slay him . * But if hee thrust him of hate , or hurle at him by laying of wait , that he die , * Or smite him through enimitie with his hand , that he die , he that smote him shal die ye death : for hee is a murtherer : the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him . * But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly , and not of hatred , or cast vpon him any thing , without laying of waite , * Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine ) and sawe him not , or caused it to fall vpon him , and he die , and was not his enemie , neither sought him any harme , * Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the (note :)That is , his next kinsman .(:note ) revenger of blood according to these judgments : * 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 (note :)Under this figure is declared , that our sins could not be remitted , but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ .(:note ) high priest , which was anointed with the holy oil . * But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge , whither he was fled , * And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge , and the revenger of blood kill the (note :)By the sentence of the judge .(:note ) slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood : * Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge , vntill the death of the hie Priest : and after the death of the hie Priest , the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession . * So these [things ] shall be for a (note :)A law to judge murders done either on purpose , or accidentally .(:note ) statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings . * Whosoeuer killeth any person , the Iudge shall slay the murtherer , through witnesses : but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die . * Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer , which [is ] (note :)Who purposely committed murder .(:note ) guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death . * Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge , that he should come againe , and dwell in the lande , before the death of the hie Priest . * So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are ]: for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be (note :)So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed , that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it .(:note ) cleansed of the blood that is shed therein , but by the blood of him that shed it . * Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite , For I dwell in the middes thereof : for I the Lord dwel among the children of Israel .

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