Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Again
the LORD spoke
to
Moses on
the plains of Moab by the
Jordan across
from
Jericho :
And
the LORD spake
unto
Moses in
the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho ,
saying,
“
Command the Israelites
to
give
, from
the
inheritance
they will
possess,
cities
for
the Levites to live
in and pasturelands
around
the cities.
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
.
The cities will
be
for
them
to live
in ,
and the pasturelands
will
be for their herds
, their flocks
, and all their other
livestock
.
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
.
The pasturelands
around
the cities you
are
to
give the Levites will
extend
a
thousand
cubits
from the wall on
every
side
.
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
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The total
number
of
cities you
give the Levites will
be forty -
eight ,
with their corresponding
pasturelands
.
So
all
the cities which
ye
shall
give to
the Levites shall
be forty and
eight cities:
them
shall
ye
give
with their suburbs
.
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. ”
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
.
Then
the LORD said
to
Moses,
And
the LORD spake
unto
Moses, saying,
“
Speak to
the Israelites
and tell
them :
When you
cross
the
Jordan into the land of Canaan ,
Speak unto
the children
of
Israel,
and say
unto
them ,
When ye
be
come
over
Jordan into the land of Canaan ;
designate
cities to serve
as
your
cities of refuge ,
so
that a
person
who
kills
someone
unintentionally
may flee there
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
The
cities you
select
will
be
your
six cities of
refuge.
And
of
these
cities which
ye
shall
give
six cities shall
ye
have
for
refuge.
Select
three cities across
the
Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as
cities of refuge.
Ye
shall
give
three cities on
this
side
Jordan ,
and three cities
shall
ye
give
in the land of Canaan ,
which
shall
be
cities of refuge.
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The avenger
of blood is
to
put
the murderer to
death;
when he finds
him, he is
to
kill
him.
The revenger
of blood himself
shall
slay
the murderer :
when he meeteth
him, he shall
slay
him.
Likewise,
if anyone
maliciously
pushes
another
or intentionally
throws
an
object
at him and
kills
him
,
But
if he
thrust
him
of
hatred,
or hurl
at him by
laying
of
wait
, that
he
die;
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.
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.
But if anyone
pushes
a
person
suddenly ,
without hostility
, or throws
an
object
at
him unintentionally
,
But if he
thrust
him
suddenly without enmity
, or have
cast
upon
him any
thing
without
laying
of
wait
,
or without
looking
drops
a
heavy
stone that
kills
him, but
he was not an
enemy and
did
not
intend
to
harm
him
,
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:
then the congregation must
judge between the slayer and the avenger
of blood according to these ordinances.
Then the congregation shall
judge between the slayer and the revenger
of blood according to these judgments:
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.
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.
But if the manslayer
ever
goes
outside
the limits
of the city of refuge to
which
he fled
But if the slayer
shall
at
any
time
come
without
the border
of the city of his
refuge ,
whither
he was
fled ;
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
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:
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
.
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
.
This
will
be a
statutory
ordinance
for you for
the
generations to
come,
wherever
you
live
.
So
these
things
shall
be for a
statute
of
judgment
unto
you throughout
your
generations in
all
your
dwellings
.
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
.
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
.
You
are
not
to
accept
a
ransom
for the life of a murderer who
deserves
to
die;
he must
surely
be put to death.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do
not
defile the land where
you
live
and
where
I dwell .
For I ,
the LORD ,
dwell among the Israelites
. ”
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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