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| 20:1 | The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, |
| 20:2 | Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: |
| 20:3 | That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. |
| 20:4 | And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. |
| 20:5 | And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. |
| 20:6 | And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. |
| 20:7 | And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. |
| 20:8 | And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. |
| 20:9 | These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. |
| 20:1 | וידבר יהוה אל יהושׁע לאמר׃ |
| 20:2 | דבר אל בני ישׂראל לאמר תנו לכם את ערי המקלט אשׁר דברתי אליכם ביד משׁה׃ |
| 20:3 | לנוס שׁמה רוצח מכה נפשׁ בשׁגגה בבלי דעת והיו לכם למקלט מגאל הדם׃ |
| 20:4 | ונס אל אחת מהערים האלה ועמד פתח שׁער העיר ודבר באזני זקני העיר ההיא את דבריו ואספו אתו העירה אליהם ונתנו לו מקום וישׁב עמם׃ |
| 20:5 | וכי ירדף גאל הדם אחריו ולא יסגרו את הרצח בידו כי בבלי דעת הכה את רעהו ולא שׂנא הוא לו מתמול שׁלשׁום׃ |
| 20:6 | וישׁב בעיר ההיא עד עמדו לפני העדה למשׁפט עד מות הכהן הגדול אשׁר יהיה בימים ההם אז ישׁוב הרוצח ובא אל עירו ואל ביתו אל העיר אשׁר נס משׁם׃ |
| 20:7 | ויקדשׁו את קדשׁ בגליל בהר נפתלי ואת שׁכם בהר אפרים ואת קרית ארבע היא חברון בהר יהודה׃ |
| 20:8 | ומעבר לירדן יריחו מזרחה נתנו את בצר במדבר במישׁר ממטה ראובן ואת ראמת בגלעד ממטה גד ואת גלון בבשׁן ממטה מנשׁה׃ |
| 20:9 | אלה היו ערי המועדה לכל בני ישׂראל ולגר הגר בתוכם לנוס שׁמה כל מכה נפשׁ בשׁגגה ולא ימות ביד גאל הדם עד עמדו לפני העדה׃ |
| 20:1 | And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, |
| 20:2 | `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses, |
| 20:3 | for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood. |
| 20:4 | `When `one' hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood `at' the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them. |
| 20:5 | `And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto; |
| 20:6 | and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days -- then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.' |
| 20:7 | And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it `is' Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah; |
| 20:8 | and beyond the Jordan, `at' Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. |
| 20:9 | These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company. |
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