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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

Cities of Refuge

[1] The Lord H3068 also spake H1696 unto H413 Joshua, H3091 saying, H559 [2] Speak H1696 to H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 Appoint out H5414 for you H853 cities H5892 of refuge, H4733 whereof H834 I spake H1696 unto you H413 by the hand H3027 of Moses: H4872 [3] that the slayer H7523 that killeth H5221 any person H5315 unawares H7684 and unwittingly H1097 H1847 may flee H5127 thither: H8033 and they shall be H1961 your refuge H4733 from the avenger H1350 of blood. H1818 [4] And when he that doth flee H5127 unto H413 one H259 of those H428 cities H5892 shall stand H5975 at the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city, H5892 and shall declare H1696 H853 his cause H1697 in the ears H241 of the elders H2205 of that H1931 city, H5892 they shall take H622 him H853 into the city H5892 unto them, H413 and give H5414 him a place, H4725 that he may dwell H3427 among them. H5973 [5] And if H3588 the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 pursue H7291 after him, H310 then they shall H5462 not H3808 deliver H5462 H853 the slayer H7523 up H5462 into his hand; H3027 because H3588 he smote H5221 H853 his neighbour H7453 unwittingly, H1097 H1847 and hated H8130 him not H3808 H1931 beforetime. H8543 H8032 [6] And he shall dwell H3427 in that H1931 city, H5892 until H5704 he stand H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 for judgment, H4941 and until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 that H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days: H3117 then H227 shall H7725 the slayer H7523 return, H7725 and come H935 unto H413 his own city, H5892 and unto H413 his own house, H1004 unto H413 the city H5892 from whence H834 H8033 he fled. H5127 [7] And they appointed H6942§ H853 Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551 in mount H2022 Naphtali, H5321 and H853 Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and H853 Kirjath-arba, H7153 which H1931 is Hebron, H2275 in the mountain H2022 of Judah. H3063 [8] And on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 by Jericho H3405 eastward, H4217 they assigned H5414 H853 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 upon the plain H4334 out of the tribe H4294 of Reuben, H7205 and H853 Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 out of the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 and H853 Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 out of the tribe H4294 of Manasseh. H4519 [9] These H428 were H1961 the cities H5892 appointed H4152 for all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among them, H8432 that whosoever H3605 killeth H5221 any person H5315 at unawares H7684 might flee H5127 thither, H8033 and not H3808 die H4191 by the hand H3027 of the avenger H1350 of blood, H1818 until H5704 he stood H5975 before H6440 the congregation. H5712

Footnotes

  1. § 20:7 Heb. sanctified
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐλάλησεν G2980 κύριος G2962 τῷ G3588 Ἰησοῖ G2424 λέγων G3004 [2] Λάλησον G2980 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 Ισραηλ G2474 λέγων G3004 Δότε G1325 τὰς G3588 πόλεις G4172 τῶν G3588 φυγαδευτηρίων, ἃς G3739 εἶπα G2036 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς G5209 διὰ G1223 Μωυσῆ, G3475 [3] φυγαδευτήριον τῷ G3588 φονευτῇ τῷ G3588 πατάξαντι G3960 ψυχὴν G5590 ἀκουσίως, καὶ G2532 ἔσονται G2071 ὑμῖν G5213 αἱ G3588 πόλεις G4172 φυγαδευτήριον, καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἀποθανεῖται G599 ὁ G3588 φονευτὴς ὑπὸ G5259 τοῦ G3588 ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ G3588 αἷμα, G129 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 καταστῇ G2525 ἐναντίον G1726 τῆς G3588 συναγωγῆς G4864 εἰς G1519 κρίσιν. G2920 …[7] Καὶ G2532 διέστειλεν G1291 τὴν G3588 Καδης ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 Γαλιλαίᾳ G1056 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὄρει G3735 τῷ G3588 Νεφθαλι G3508 καὶ G2532 Συχεμ G4966 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὄρει G3735 τῷ G3588 Εφραιμ G2187 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 Αρβοκ [αὕτη G3778 ἐστὶν G2076 Χεβρων] ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὄρει G3735 τῷ G3588 Ιουδα. [8] Καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 πέραν G4008 τοῦ G3588 Ιορδάνου G2446 ἔδωκεν G1325 Βοσορ G1007 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἐρήμῳ G2048 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 πεδίῳ ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 φυλῆς G5443 Ρουβην G4502 καὶ G2532 Αρημωθ ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 Γαλααδ ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 φυλῆς G5443 Γαδ G1045 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 Γαυλων ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 Βασανίτιδι ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 φυλῆς G5443 Μανασση. G3128 [9] Αὗται G3778 αἱ G3588 πόλεις G4172 αἱ G3588 ἐπίκλητοι τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 Ισραηλ G2474 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 προσηλύτῳ G4339 τῷ G3588 προσκειμένῳ ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς G846 καταφυγεῖν G2703 ἐκεῖ G1563 παντὶ G3956 παίοντι G3817 ψυχὴν G5590 ἀκουσίως, ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 ἀποθάνῃ G599 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 τοῦ G3588 ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ G3588 αἷμα, G129 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 καταστῇ G2525 ἔναντι G1725 τῆς G3588 συναγωγῆς G4864 εἰς G1519 κρίσιν. G2920
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament