When the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath cut off{H3772}{(H8686)} the nations{H1471}, whose land{H776} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, and thou succeedest{H3423}{(H8804)} them, and dwellest{H3427}{(H8804)} in their cities{H5892}, and in their houses{H1004};

Thou shalt separate{H914}{(H8686)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee in the midst{H8432} of thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it.

Thou shalt prepare{H3559}{(H8686)} thee a way{H1870}, and divide the coasts{H1366} of thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth thee to inherit{H5157}{(H8686)}, into three parts{H8027}{(H8765)}, that every slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither.

And this is the case{H1697} of the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}, which shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} thither, that he may live{H2425}{(H8804)}: Whoso killeth{H5221}{(H8686)} his neighbour{H7453} ignorantly{H1097}{H1847}, whom he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} not in time{H8543} past{H8032};

As when a man goeth{H935}{(H8799)} into the wood{H3293} with his neighbour{H7453} to hew{H2404}{(H8800)} wood{H6086}, and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080}{(H8738)} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772}{(H8800)} the tree{H6086}, and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394}{(H8804)} from the helve{H6086}, and lighteth{H4672}{(H8804)} upon his neighbour{H7453}, that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}; he shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} unto one{H259} of those cities{H5892}, and live{H2425}{(H8804)}:

Lest the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of the blood{H1818}{(H8676)} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} the slayer{H310}{H7523}{(H8802)}, while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot{H3179}{(H8799)}, and overtake{H5381}{(H8689)} him, because the way{H1870} is long{H7235}{(H8799)}, and slay{H5221}{(H8689)} him{H5315}; whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death{H4194}, inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in time{H8543} past{H8032}.

Wherefore I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt separate{H914}{(H8686)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee.

And if the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} enlarge{H7337}{(H8686)} thy coast{H1366}, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee all the land{H776} which he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} unto thy fathers{H1};

If thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} all these commandments{H4687} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them, which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} ever{H3117} in his ways{H1870}; then shalt thou add{H3254}{(H8804)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, beside these three{H7969}:

That innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210}{(H8735)} in{H7130} thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}, and so blood{H1818} be upon thee.

But if any man{H376} hate{H8130}{(H8802)} his neighbour{H7453}, and lie in wait{H693}{(H8804)} for him, and rise up{H6965}{(H8804)} against him, and smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him mortally{H5315} that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}, and fleeth{H5127}{(H8804)} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892}:

Then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971}{(H8804)} and fetch{H3947}{(H8804)} him thence, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, that he may die{H4191}{(H8804)}.

Thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347}{(H8799)} him, but thou shalt put away{H1197}{(H8765)} the guilt of innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from Israel{H3478}, that it may go well{H2895}{(H8804)} with thee.

Thou shalt not remove{H5253}{(H8686)} thy neighbour's{H7453} landmark{H1366}, which they of old time{H7223} have set{H1379}{(H8804)} in thine inheritance{H5159}, which thou shalt inherit{H5157}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} that the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it.

One{H259} witness{H5707} shall not rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} against a man{H376} for any iniquity{H5771}, or for any sin{H2403}, in any sin{H2399} that he sinneth{H2398}{(H8799)}: at the mouth{H6310} of two{H8147} witnesses{H5707}, or at the mouth{H6310} of three{H7969} witnesses{H5707}, shall the matter{H1697} be established{H6965}{(H8799)}.

If a false{H2555} witness{H5707} rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} against any man{H376} to testify{H6030}{(H8800)} against him that which is wrong{H5627};

Then both{H8147} the men{H582}, between whom the controversy{H7379} is, shall stand{H5975}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, before{H6440} the priests{H3548} and the judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, which shall be in those days{H3117};

And the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} shall make diligent{H3190}{(H8687)} inquisition{H1875}{(H8804)}: and, behold, if the witness{H5707} be a false{H8267} witness{H5707}, and hath testified{H6030}{(H8804)} falsely{H8267} against his brother{H251};

Then shall ye do{H6213}{(H8804)} unto him, as he had thought{H2161}{(H8804)} to have done{H6213}{(H8800)} unto his brother{H251}: so shalt thou put{H1197} the evil{H7451} away{H1197}{(H8765)} from among{H7130} you.

And those which remain{H7604}{(H8737)} shall hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, and fear{H3372}{(H8799)}, and shall henceforth{H3254}{(H8686)} commit{H6213}{(H8800)} no more any{H1697} such evil{H7451} among{H7130} you.

And thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347}{(H8799)}; but life{H5315} shall go for life{H5315}, eye{H5869} for eye{H5869}, tooth{H8127} for tooth{H8127}, hand{H3027} for hand{H3027}, foot{H7272} for foot{H7272}.