Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
`
When Jehovah
thy
God doth
cut off the nations ,
whose land Jehovah
thy
God
is giving to
thee
, and thou
hast
succeeded
them ,
and dwelt
in their cities ,
and in
their
houses,
When the
LORD
your
God has
cut off the nations whose land He
is giving you
, and when
you
have
driven
them out
and settled
in their cities and houses,
three cities thou
dost
separate
for
thee
in
the midst
of
thy
land which
Jehovah
thy
God is giving to
thee
to possess it
.
then
you
are
to
set
apart
for
yourselves
three cities within
the land that
the
LORD
your
God is giving you
to possess.
Thou
dost
prepare
for thee
the
way,
and hast
divided
into three parts
the border
of
thy
land which
Jehovah
thy
God doth
cause
thee
to
inherit
, and
it
hath
been
for
the
fleeing
thither
of
every
man-slayer
.
You
are
to
build
roads
for yourselves
and divide
into three regions
the land that
the
LORD
your
God is
giving
you
as
an
inheritance
, so
that
any
manslayer
can
flee
to
these
cities
.
`And
this `
is '
the matter
of
the man-slayer
who fleeth
thither
, and
hath
lived:
He
who
smiteth
his neighbour
unknowingly
, and
is
not
hating
him heretofore,
Now
this is the situation
regarding
the manslayer
who flees
to
one
of
these
cities
to
save
his
life
, having
killed
his neighbor
accidentally
, without
intending
to
harm
him :
even
he who
cometh
in
with
his
neighbour
into a
forest to hew
wood,
and his hand
hath
driven
with
an
axe to cut
the
tree, and
the iron
hath
slipped
from
the wood,
and hath
met
his neighbour
, and
he hath
died
--
he
doth
flee unto
one of these cities ,
and
hath
lived,
If
he goes
into the
forest with
his
neighbor
to cut
timber
and swings
his axe to chop
down
a
tree, but
the blade
flies
off
the handle
and strikes
and
kills
his neighbor
, he may
flee to
one of these cities to
save
his
life.
lest
the redeemer
of blood pursue after
the man-slayer
when
his
heart
is
hot
, and
hath
overtaken
him (because
the way
is great )
, and hath
smitten
him --
the
life,
and
he hath
no
sentence
of
death
, for
he is
not hating
him
heretofore;
Otherwise,
the avenger
of blood might
pursue the manslayer
in
a
rage
, overtake
him if
the distance
is great, and strike
him dead
though
he did
not
deserve
to
die
, since
he did
not intend
any
harm.
therefore
I am commanding thee,
saying,
Three cities thou
dost
separate
to
thee
.
This
is
why
I am commanding you
to
set
apart
for
yourselves
three cities.
`
And if Jehovah
thy
God doth
enlarge
thy
border
, as He hath
sworn
to thy
fathers, and hath
given
to
thee
all the land which
He hath
spoken
to
give
to
thy
fathers
--
And if the
LORD
your
God enlarges
your
territory
, as He swore
to your
fathers, and gives
you
all the land He promised
them,
when
thou
keepest
all this
command
to
do
it,
which
I am commanding
thee
to-day
, to
love
Jehovah
thy
God ,
and to
walk
in His ways all the
days
--
then thou
hast
added
to thee
yet
three cities to these three ;
and
if
you
carefully
keep
all these
commandments
I am giving
you
today
, loving
the
LORD
your
God and walking
in His ways at
all times,
then you
are
to add
three more
cities to these three .
and
innocent blood is
not shed in the midst
of
thy
land which
Jehovah
thy
God is giving to
thee
--
an inheritance, and
there
hath
been
upon
thee
blood
.
Thus
innocent blood will
not be
shed in the land that
the
LORD
your
God is giving you
as
an inheritance, so
that
you
will
not
be
guilty
of
bloodshed
.
`And
when
a man is
hating
his neighbour,
and hath
lain
in wait for
him
, and
risen
against
him ,
and smitten
him --
the
life
, and he
hath
died,
and
he
hath
fled
unto
one of these cities,
If,
however,
a man hates
his neighbor
and lies
in wait, attacks
him and kills
him, and then
flees
to
one of these cities,
then
the elders of his city have
sent
and
taken
him from
thence
, and
given
him into
the
hand of
the redeemer
of blood ,
and
he
hath
died;
the elders of his city must
send
for
him, bring
him back,
and
hand him
over
to
the avenger
of blood to
die.
thine
eye
hath
no pity on
him,
and
thou
hast
put
away
the innocent blood from
Israel
, and
it is
well with thee
.
You
must
show
him
no pity .
You
are
to
purge
from
Israel
the guilt
of
shedding
innocent blood, that
it may
go
well with you
.
`Thou
dost
not remove
a
border
of
thy
neighbour
, which they
of
former
times
have
made,
in
thine
inheritance ,
which
thou
dost
inherit
in the land which
Jehovah
thy
God is giving to
thee
to possess it
.
You
must
not move
your
neighbor’s
boundary
marker
, which was
set
up
by
your
ancestors
to
mark
the
inheritance you
shall
receive
in the land that
the
LORD
your
God is giving you
to possess.
`One
witness doth
not rise
against a man for
any
iniquity
, and
for
any
sin,
in
any
sin
which
he sinneth;
by the mouth
of two witnesses,
or by
the
mouth
of
three witnesses ,
is
a
thing
established
.
A
lone
witness is
not sufficient
to
establish
any
wrongdoing
or
sin
against a man, regardless
of
what
offense
he may
have
committed.
A
matter
must
be
established
by the testimony
of two or three witnesses.
`When
a violent
witness doth
rise
against a
man
, to
testify
against
him apostacy
,
If
a false
witness testifies
against someone
, accusing
him of
a
crime
,
then
have
both the men
who
have
the strife
stood
before
Jehovah
, before the priests and the
judges who are in those
days,
both parties
to
the dispute
must
stand
in
the presence
of
the
LORD
, before the priests and judges who are in office
at
that
time.
and
the judges have
searched
diligently
, and lo,
the witness `
is '
a
false
witness,
a falsehood
he
hath
testified
against
his brother :
The judges shall
investigate
thoroughly
, and if
the witness is proven
to
be
a liar
who
has
falsely
accused
his brother ,
`Then
ye
have
done
to him as he devised
to do to his brother ,
and
thou
hast
put
away
the evil thing
out
of
thy
midst,
you
must
do
to him as he intended
to do to his brother .
So
you
must
purge
the evil from
among
you.
and
those
who
are
left
do
hear and fear
, and add
not
to
do any
more
according
to
this
evil thing
in
thy
midst;
Then
the
rest
of
the
people
will
hear and be
afraid
, and they
will
never
again
do anything
so
evil among
you.
and
thine
eye
doth
not
pity --
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
You
must
show
no
pity :
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and
foot for foot.
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