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^[1] Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, ^[2] “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses, ^[3] that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. ^[4] He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them. ^[5] If the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver up the man slayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him before. ^[6] He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the man slayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.’ ” ^[7] They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. ^[8] Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. ^[9] These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands trial before the congregation.

King James Version

^[1] The LordH3068 also spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto Joshua,H3091 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] SpeakH1696(PielImpv) to the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 saying,H559(QalInf) Appoint outH5414(QalImpv) for you citiesH5892 of refuge,H4733 whereof I spakeH1696(PielPerf) unto you by the handH3027 of Moses:H4872 ^[3] That the slayerH7523(QalActPtc) that killethH5221(HiphPtc) [any] personH5315 unawaresH7684 [and] unwittinglyH1847 may fleeH5127(QalInf) thither: and they shall be your refugeH4733 from the avengerH1350(QalActPtc) of blood.H1818 ^[4] And when he that doth fleeH5127(QalPerf) unto oneH259 of those citiesH5892 shall standH5975(QalPerf) at the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179 of the city,H5892 and shall declareH1696(PielPerf) his causeH1697 in the earsH241 of the eldersH2205 of that city,H5892 they shall takeH622(QalPerf) him into the cityH5892 unto them, and giveH5414(QalPerf) him a place,H4725 that he may dwellH3427(QalPerf) among them. ^[5] And if the avengerH1350(QalActPtc) of bloodH1818 pursueH7291(QalImpf) afterH310 him, then they shall not deliverH5462(HiphImpf) the slayerH7523(QalActPtc) up into his hand;H3027 because he smoteH5221(HiphPerf) his neighbourH7453 unwittingly,H1097 and hatedH8130(QalActPtc) him not beforetime.H8543 ^[6] And he shall dwellH3427(QalPerf) in that city,H5892 until he standH5975(QalInf) beforeH6440 the congregationH5712 for judgment,H4941 [and] until the deathH4194 of the highH1419 priestH3548 thatH834 shall be in those days:H3117 then shall the slayerH7523(QalActPtc) return,H7725(QalImpf) and comeH935(QalPerf) unto his own city,H5892 and unto his own house,H1004 unto the cityH5892 from whence he fled.H5127(QalPerf) ^[7] And they appointedH6942(HiphImpf) KedeshH6943 in GalileeH1551 in mountH2022 Naphtali,H5321 and ShechemH7927 in mountH2022 Ephraim,H669 and Kirjatharba,H7153 which [is] Hebron,H2275 in the mountainH2022 of Judah.H3063 ^[8] And on the other sideH5676 JordanH3383 by JerichoH3405 eastward,H4217 they assignedH5414(QalPerf) BezerH1221 in the wildernessH4057 upon the plainH4334 out of the tribeH4294 of Reuben,H7205 and RamothH7216 in GileadH1568 out of the tribeH4294 of Gad,H1410 and GolanH1474 in BashanH1316 out of the tribeH4294 of Manasseh.H4519 ^[9] These were the citiesH5892 appointedH4152 for all the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 and for the strangerH1616 that sojournethH1481(QalActPtc) amongH8432 them, that whosoever killethH5221(HiphPtc) [any] personH5315 at unawaresH7684 might fleeH5127(QalInf) thither, and not dieH4191(QalImpf) by the handH3027 of the avengerH1350(QalActPtc) of blood,H1818 until he stoodH5975(QalInf) beforeH6440 the congregation.H5712

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