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| Nu 35:1 | C D S T R | And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, | And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying, |
| Nu 35:2 | C D S T R K | 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. | Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. |
| Nu 35:3 | C D S T R | 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. | And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. |
| Nu 35:4 | C D S T | 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. | And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about. |
| Nu 35:5 | C D S T K | 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. | And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities. |
| Nu 35:6 | C D S T R K | 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. | And among the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, -- and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities: |
| Nu 35:7 | C D S T R | So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. | all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs. |
| Nu 35:8 | C D S T R K | 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. | And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites. |
| Nu 35:9 | C D S T | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, |
| Nu 35:10 | C D S T R | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, |
| Nu 35:11 | C S T R K | 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. | then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally. |
| Nu 35:12 | C D S T R K | 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. | And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment. |
| Nu 35:13 | C S T | And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. | And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you. |
| Nu 35:14 | C D S T R | 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. | Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. |
| Nu 35:15 | C D S T R | 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. | For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither. |
| Nu 35:16 | C D S T R K | 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. | And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death. |
| Nu 35:17 | C D S T R | 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. | And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death. |
| Nu 35:18 | C D S T | 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. | Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death; |
| Nu 35:19 | C D S T R K | The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. | the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. |
| Nu 35:20 | C D S T R | But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; | And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die, |
| Nu 35:21 | C D S T | 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. | or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. -- |
| Nu 35:22 | C D S T R K | But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, | But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally, |
| Nu 35:23 | C D S T | 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: | or have smitten him with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: |
| Nu 35:24 | C D S T R | Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: | then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments; |
| Nu 35:25 | C D S T R | 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. | and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. |
| Nu 35:26 | C D S T | But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; | But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled, |
| Nu 35:27 | C D S T R | 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: | and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him; |
| Nu 35:28 | C D S T R | 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. | for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession. |
| Nu 35:29 | C D S T R K | So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. | And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings. |
| Nu 35:30 | C D S T R K | 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. | Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die. |
| Nu 35:31 | C D S T R K | 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. | And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death. |
| Nu 35:32 | C D S T R | 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. | And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. |
| Nu 35:33 | C D S T R | 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. | And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. |
| Nu 35:34 | C D S T R K | Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. | And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. |