And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} in the plains{H6160} of Moab{H4124} by the Jordan{H3383} at Jericho,{H3405} saying,{H559}

Command{H6680} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they give{H5414} unto the Levites{H3881} of the inheritance{H5159} of their possession{H272} cities{H5892} to dwell in;{H3427} and suburbs{H4054} for the cities{H5892} round about{H5439} them shall ye give{H5414} unto the Levites.{H3881}

And the cities{H5892} shall they have to dwell in;{H3427} and their suburbs{H4054} shall be for their cattle,{H929} and for their substance,{H7399} and for all their beasts.{H2416}

And the suburbs{H4054} of the cities,{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} unto the Levites,{H3881} shall be from the wall{H7023} of the city{H5892} and outward{H2351} a thousand{H505} cubits{H520} round about.{H5439}

And ye shall measure{H4058} without{H2351} the city{H5892} for the east{H6924} side{H6285} two thousand{H505} cubits,{H520} and for the south{H5045} side{H6285} two thousand{H505} cubits,{H520} and for the west{H3220} side{H6285} two thousand{H505} cubits,{H520} and for the north{H6828} side{H6285} two thousand{H505} cubits,{H520} the city{H5892} being in the midst.{H8432} This shall be to them the suburbs{H4054} of the cities.{H5892}

And the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} unto the Levites,{H3881} they shall be the six{H8337} cities{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} which ye shall give{H5414} for the manslayer{H7523} to flee{H5127} unto: and besides them ye shall give{H5414} forty{H705} and two{H8147} cities.{H5892}

All the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} to the Levites{H3881} shall be forty{H705} and eight{H8083} cities;{H5892} them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.{H4054}

And concerning the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} of the possession{H272} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} from the many{H7227} ye shall take many;{H7227} and from the few{H4592} ye shall take few:{H4592} every one{H376} according{H6310} to his inheritance{H5159} which he inheriteth{H5157} shall give{H5414} of his cities{H5892} unto the Levites.{H3881}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, When ye pass over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667}

then ye shall appoint{H7136} you cities{H5892} to be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for you, that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither.

And the cities{H5892} shall be unto you for refuge{H4733} from the avenger,{H1350} that the manslayer{H7523} die{H4191} not, until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment.{H4941}

And the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} shall be for you six{H8337} cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733}

Ye shall give{H5414} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} and three{H7969} cities{H5892} shall ye give{H5414} in the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} they shall be cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733}

For the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and for the stranger{H1616} and for the sojourner{H1616} among{H8432} them, shall these six{H8337} cities{H5892} be for refuge;{H4733} that every one that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither.

But if he smote{H5221} him with an instrument{H3627} of iron,{H1270} so that he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

And if he smote{H5221} him with a stone{H68} in the hand,{H3027} whereby a man may die,{H4191} and he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

Or if he smote{H5221} him with a weapon{H3627} of wood{H6086} in the hand,{H3027} whereby a man may die,{H4191} and he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

The avenger of blood{H1818} shall himself put the murderer{H7523} to death:{H4191} when he{H1931} meeteth{H6293} him, he{H1931} shall put him to death.{H4191}

And if he thrust{H1920} him of hatred,{H8135} or hurled{H7993} at him, lying in wait,{H6660} so that he died,{H4191}

or in enmity{H342} smote{H5221} him with his hand,{H3027} so that he died;{H4191} he that smote{H5221} him shall surely{H4191} be put to death;{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} shall put the murderer{H7523} to death,{H4191} when he meeteth{H6293} him.

But if he thrust{H1920} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity,{H342} or hurled{H7993} upon him anything{H3627} without lying in wait,{H6660}

or with any stone,{H68} whereby a man may die,{H4191} seeing{H7200} him not,{H3808} and cast{H5307} it upon him, so that he died,{H4191} and he was not his enemy,{H341} neither sought{H1245} his harm;{H7451}

then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199} between the smiter{H5221} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} according to these ordinances;{H4941}

and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081}

But if the manslayer{H7523} shall at any time{H3318} go{H3318} beyond the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he fleeth,{H5127}

and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} find{H4672} him without{H2351} the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} slay{H7523} the manslayer;{H7523} he shall not be guilty of blood,{H1818}

because he should have remained{H3427} in his city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest:{H3548} but after{H310} the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} the manslayer{H7523} shall return{H7725} into the land{H776} of his possession.{H272}

And these things shall be for a statute{H2708} [and] ordinance{H4941} unto you throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings.{H4186}

Whoso killeth{H5221} any person,{H5315} the murderer{H7523} shall be slain{H7523} at the mouth{H6310} of witnesses:{H5707} but one{H259} witness{H5707} shall not testify{H6030} against any person{H5315} that he die.{H4191}

Moreover ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for the life{H5315} of a murderer,{H7523} that is guilty{H7563} of death;{H4191} but he shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

And ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127} to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} that he may come again{H7725} to dwell{H3427} in the land,{H776} until the death{H4194} of the priest.{H3548}

So ye shall not pollute{H2610} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood,{H1818} it polluteth{H2610} the land;{H776} and no expiation{H3722} can be made for the land{H776} for the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210} it.

And thou shalt not defile{H2930} the land{H776} which ye inhabit,{H3427} in the midst of which{H8432} I dwell:{H7931} for I, Jehovah,{H3068} dwell{H7931} in{H8432} the midst of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}