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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses in the deserts of Moab by◦ Jordan near Jericho , saying,
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Command the sons of Israel , that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession◦, cities to dwell ··in; and you shall give also to the Levites suburbs* for the cities all around them.
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And the cities shall be for them to dwell ··in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their beasts , and for their acquisition , and for all their animals .
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And the suburbs of the cities , which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall ◦ of the city and outside a thousand cubits all around.
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And you shall measure from outside the city on the east quarter two··thousand in cubits, and on the south quarter two··thousand in cubits, and on the west◦ quarter two··thousand in cubits, and on the north quarter two··thousand in cubits; and the city shall be in the midst ; this shall be for them the suburbs of the cities .
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And with◦ the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities of refuge , which you shall give that the manslayer* may flee thither; and above them you shall give forty and two cities .
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So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities , them and their suburbs.
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And the cities which you shall give shall be from the possession◦ of the sons of Israel ; from those with many you shall give many ; and from those with few you shall give few; each◦ shall give from his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which they inherit .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Speak to▵ the sons of Israel , and say to▵ them, When◦ you◦ have crossed··over the Jordan to▫ the land of Canaan ,
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and you shall select* for yourselves favorable cities , which* will be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer may flee thither, who smites a soul in ignorance*.
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And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the redeemer , that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment .
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And the cities which you shall give , shall be six cities of refuge for you.
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You shall give three cities from across the Jordan , and three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan , which shall be cities of refuge .
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These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel , and for the sojourner , and for the lodger in their midst , that he who smites any soul in ignorance may flee thither.
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And if he smite him with an instrument of iron , and he die , he◦ is a murderer; the murderer dying shall be made to die .
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And if he smite him with a stone in hand , with which he could die , and he die , a murderer is he◦; the murderer dying shall be put ··to··death.
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Or if he smite him with a hand weapon◦ of wood , by which he could die , and he die , a murderer is he◦; the murderer dying shall be put ··to··death.
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The redeemer of blood , he◦ shall put · the murderer ·to··death; when he comes··upon him, he◦ shall put · him ·to··death.
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And if he push him in hatred, or cast him down in stalking him, and he die ,
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or in enmity smite him with his hand , and he die ; he who smote him dying shall be put ··to··death; for he◦ is a murderer; the redeemer of blood shall put · the murderer ·to··death when he comes··upon him.
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But if he push him suddenly without▫ enmity, or cast upon him any vessel without▫ stalking him,
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or with any stone , with which he may die , seeing him not, and made it fall upon him, and he die , and he◦ was not an enemy to him, and sought not his evil ;
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then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the redeemer of blood concerning these judgments ;
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and the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the redeemer of blood , and the congregation shall return him to▵ the city of his refuge , to which he fled ; and he shall dwell in her until the death of the great priest, who was anointed with the holy oil .
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But if the manslayer going ··out shall go ··out of the border of the city of his refuge , whither he was fled ,
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and the redeemer of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge , and the redeemer of blood murder the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood ;
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because◦ he should have dwelt in the city of his refuge until the death of the great priest; but after the death of the great priest the manslayer shall return into▵ the land of his possession◦.
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And these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you for your generations in all your dwellings .
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Whoever smites any soul , the murderer shall be murdered at◦ the mouth of witnesses ; but one witness shall not answer against◦ a soul to cause him to die .
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And you shall not take atonement for the soul of a murderer, who he◦, being wicked is to··die ; but◦ dying he shall be put ··to··death.
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And you shall not take atonement for him who has fled to▵ the city of his refuge , for him to return to dwell in the land , until the death of the priest.
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And you shall not contaminate the land in which you◦ are, for the blood , it◦ contaminates the land ; and there is no◦ atonement for the land for the blood that is shed in her, other··than by the blood of him who shed it.
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And defile not the land in which you◦ shall dwell , in the midst of which I◦ abide◦; for I◦, Jehovah , abide◦ in the midst of the sons of Israel .