Numbers 35
35:1And the lord spoke to Moses upon the descent of Moab, by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying,
35:2Give orders to the sons of Israel! and they shall give to the Levites from the lots of their possession cities to dwell in; and the outskirts of the cities round about them you shall give to the Levites.
35:3And the cities shall be to dwell in. And their separation offerings of lands will be for their cattle and all their four-footed animals.
35:4And the lands falling in with the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outside -- a thousand cubits round about.
35:5And you shall measure outside the city -- the side the one towards the east -- two thousand cubits; and the side the one towards the south -- two thousand cubits; and the side the one towards the west -- two thousand cubits; and the side the one towards the north -- two thousand cubits; and the city between this will be for you, and the adjoining areas of the cities.
35:6And the cities which you shall give to the Levites are the six cities of the places of refuge, which you shall give for the one man-slaying to flee there; and in addition to these, forty two cities.
35:7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites are forty and eight cities, these and their outskirts.
35:8And the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, from the ones having many will be many; and from the ones having less will be less; each according to his inheritance which they shall allot, they shall give from the cities to the Levites.
35:9And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
35:10Speak to the sons of Israel! and you shall say to them, You are passing over the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
35:11And you shall draw apart to you for them cities for them; they will be places of refuge to you for the man-slayer to flee there; any one striking a soul unintentionally.
35:12And they will be cities for you as places of refuge from the one acting as next of kin for blood, that in no way should the one man-slaying die until whenever he should stand before the congregation for judgment.
35:13And the cities which you shall appoint -- the six cities -- will be places of refuge for you.
35:14Three cities you shall appoint on the other side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan.
35:15A place of refuge they will be to the sons of Israel. And to the foreigner and to the sojourner among you these cities will be for a place of refuge to flee there to all striking a soul unintentionally.
35:16And if by an item of iron one should strike him, and he should come to an end -- that one is a murderer -- unto death let the murderer be put to death!
35:17And if by a stone from the hand in which one should die by it, then the one who should strike him, even he should die, he is a murderer -- unto death let the murderer be put to death!
35:18And if by an item of wood from his hand of which one should die, as he should strike him, and one should die, he is a murderer -- unto death the murderer shall die!
35:19The one acting as next of kin for blood, this one shall kill the one man-slaying; whenever he meets him, this one shall kill him.
35:20And if through hatred he should thrust him through or should cast upon him any item by ambush, and he should die,
35:21or through vehement anger he strikes him by the hand, and he should die -- to death let the one striking be put to death, he is a murderer! The one acting as next of kin for blood shall kill the one man-slaying in the meeting up with him.
35:22But if suddenly, he should thrust him through not by hatred, or cast upon him any item, not from ambush,
35:23or any stone in which he shall die by it, not knowing, and he should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor seeking to do evil against him;
35:24then the congregation shall judge between the one striking and between the one acting as next of kin for blood, according to these cases.
35:25And the congregation shall rescue the one man-slaying from the one acting as next of kin for blood; and the congregation shall restore him into the city of his place of refuge, of which he took refuge; and he shall dwell there until whenever the great priest should die, whom they anointed him with the holy oil.
35:26But if by an exit the one man-slaying should come forth from the borders of the city in which he took refuge there,
35:27and the one acting as next of kin for blood should find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the one acting as next of kin for blood should slaughter the one man-slaying, is he not liable?
35:28For in the city of his refuge let him dwell until the great priest should die! And after the dying of the great priest the one man-slaying will be able to return unto the land of his possession.
35:29And these things will be to you for an ordinance of judgment unto your generations in all your dwellings.
35:30Every one striking a soul, with witnesses, you shall slaughter the one man-slaying; and one witness shall not witness for a soul to die.
35:31And you shall not take ransoms for a soul from the one murdering -- the one being liable is to be done away with, for unto death he shall be put to death.
35:32And you shall not take ransoms for the one fleeing into a city of the places of refuge, to again dwell in the land, until whenever the great priest should die.
35:33And in no way should you pollute with murder the land upon which you dwell upon it; for this blood pollutes the land by murder, and the land shall not be atoned from the blood having been poured out upon it, but it shall be upon the blood of the one pouring it out.
35:34And you shall not defile the land upon which you dwell upon it, of which I should encamp among you. For I am the lord encamping in the midst of the sons of Israel.