35:1And
Jehovah spake unto
Moses in the plains of
Moab by the
Jordan at
Jericho, saying,
35:2Command the children of
Israel, that they give unto the
Levites of the
inheritance of their possession
cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the
cities round about them shall ye give unto the
Levites.
35:3And the
cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their
substance, and for all their beasts.
35:4And the suburbs of the
cities, which ye shall give unto the
Levites, shall be from the wall of the
city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
35:5And ye shall measure without the
city for the
east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the
city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the
cities.
35:6And the
cities which ye shall give unto the
Levites, they shall be the six
cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two
cities.
35:7All the
cities which ye shall give to the
Levites shall be forty and eight
cities; them
shall ye give with their suburbs.
35:8And concerning the
cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of
Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his
inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his
cities unto the
Levites.
35:9And
Jehovah spake unto
Moses, saying,
35:10Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the
Jordan into the land of
Canaan,
35:11then ye shall appoint you
cities to be
cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
35:12And the
cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he
stand before the congregation for
judgment.
35:13And the
cities which ye shall give shall be for you six
cities of refuge.
35:14Ye shall give three
cities beyond the
Jordan, and three
cities shall ye give in the land of
Canaan; they shall be
cities of refuge.
35:15For the children of
Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six
cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
35:16But if he smote him with an instrument of
iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death.
35:17And if he smote him with a
stone in the
hand, whereby a
man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death.
35:18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the
hand, whereby a
man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death.
35:19The avenger of
blood shall himself put the murderer to
death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to
death.
35:20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in
wait, so that he died,
35:21or in enmity smote him with his
hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to
death; he is a murderer: the avenger of
blood shall put the murderer to
death, when he meeteth him.
35:22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 35:23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 35:24then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; 35:25and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 35:26But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, 35:27and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, 35:28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
35:29And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 35:30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 35:31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. 35:32And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 35:34And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.