<vn='1'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> in the <sn="6160">plains</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> near <sn="3405">Jericho</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="6680">Command</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that they <sn="5414">give</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s> of the <sn="4480 5159">inheritance</s> of their <sn="272">possession</s><sn="5892">cities</s> to dwell <sn="3427">in</s>; and ye shall <sn="5414">give</s> also unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="4054">suburbs</s> for the <sn="5892">cities</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> them. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="5892">cities</s> shall they <sn="1961">have</s> to dwell <sn="3427">in</s>; and the <sn="4054">suburbs</s> of them shall <sn="1961">be</s> for their <sn="929">cattle</s>, and for their <sn="7399">goods</s>, and for <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="2416">beasts</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4054">suburbs</s> of the <sn="5892">cities</s>, <sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">give</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, shall reach from the <sn="4480 7023">wall</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> and <sn="2351">outward</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="520">cubits</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And ye shall <sn="4058">measure</s> from <sn="4480 2351">without</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> on <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6924">east</s><sn="6285">side</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="520">cubits</s>, and on the <sn="5045">south</s><sn="6285">side</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="520">cubits</s>, and on the <sn="3220">west</s><sn="6285">side</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="520">cubits</s>, and on the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="6285">side</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="520">cubits</s>; and the <sn="5892">city</s> shall be in the <sn="8432">midst</s>: <sn="2088">this</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> to them the <sn="4054">suburbs</s> of the <sn="5892">cities</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="854">among</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">give</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s> there shall be <sn="*853"></s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="5892">cities</s> for <sn="4733">refuge</s>, <sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">appoint</s> for the <sn="7523">manslayer</s>, that he may <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>: and <sn="5921">to</s> them ye shall <sn="5414">add</s><sn="705">forty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5892">cities</s>. </v>
<vn='7'> So <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">give</s> to the <sn="3881">Levites</s> shall be <sn="705">forty</s> and <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="5892">cities</s>: them shall ye give <sn="854">with</s> their <sn="4054">suburbs</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">give</s> shall be of the <sn="4480 272">possession</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="4480 854">from</s> them that have <sn="7227">many</s> ye shall give <sn="7235">many</s>; but <sn="4480 854">from</s> them that have <sn="4592">few</s> ye shall give <sn="4591">few</s>: every <sn="376">one</s> shall <sn="5414">give</s> of his <sn="4480 5892">cities</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s> according <sn="6310">to</s> his <sn="5159">inheritance</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="5157">inheriteth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1696">Speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3588">When</s><sn="859">ye</s> be come <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>Then ye shall <sn="7136">appoint</s> you <sn="5892">cities</s> to <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="4733">refuge</s> for you; that the <sn="7523">slayer</s> may <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, which <sn="5221">killeth</s> any <sn="5315">person</s> at <sn="7684">unawares</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they shall <sn="1961">be</s> unto you <sn="5892">cities</s> for <sn="4733">refuge</s> from the <sn="4480 1350">avenger</s>; that the <sn="7523">manslayer</s><sn="4191">die</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s> in <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And of these <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> ye shall <sn="5414">give</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="5892">cities</s> shall ye <sn="1961">have</s> for <sn="4733">refuge</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Ye shall <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="5892">cities</s> on this <sn="4480 5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="5892">cities</s> shall ye <sn="5414">give</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, which shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="4733">refuge</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="428">These</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="5892">cities</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="4733">refuge</s>, both for the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and for the <sn="1616">stranger</s>, and for the <sn="8453">sojourner</s><sn="8432">among</s> them: that every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="5221">killeth</s> any <sn="5315">person</s><sn="7684">unawares</s> may <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="5221">smite</s> him with an <sn="3627">instrument</s> of <sn="1270">iron</s>, so that he <sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="7523">murderer</s>: the <sn="7523">murderer</s> shall surely be put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="5221">smite</s> him with <sn="3027">throwing</s> a <sn="68">stone</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> he may <sn="4191">die</s>, and he <sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="7523">murderer</s>: the <sn="7523">murderer</s> shall surely be put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="176">Or</s> if he <sn="5221">smite</s> him with a <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="3627">weapon</s> of <sn="6086">wood</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> he may <sn="4191">die</s>, and he <sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="7523">murderer</s>: the <sn="7523">murderer</s> shall surely be put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="1931">himself</s> shall <sn="4191">slay</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">murderer</s>: when he <sn="6293">meeteth</s> him, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="4191">slay</s> him. </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="1920">thrust</s> him of <sn="8135">hatred</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="7993">hurl</s><sn="5921">at</s> him by laying of <sn="6660">wait</s>, that he <sn="4191">die</s>; </v>
<vn='21'><sn="176">Or</s> in <sn="342">enmity</s><sn="5221">smite</s> him with his <sn="3027">hand</s>, that he <sn="4191">die</s>: he that <sn="5221">smote</s> him shall surely be put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>; for <sn="1931">he</s> is a <sn="7523">murderer</s>: the <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s> shall <sn="4191">slay</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">murderer</s>, when he <sn="6293">meeteth</s> him. </v>
<vn='22'>But <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="1920">thrust</s> him <sn="6621">suddenly</s><sn="3808">without</s><sn="342">enmity</s>, <sn="176">or</s> have <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him any <sn="3605 3627">thing</s><sn="3808">without</s> laying of <sn="6660">wait</s>, </v>
<vn='23'><sn="176">Or</s> with <sn="3605">any</s><sn="68">stone</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> a man may <sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="7200">seeing</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>, and <sn="5307">cast</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> him, that he <sn="4191">die</s>, and was <sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="341">enemy</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1245">sought</s> his <sn="7451">harm</s>: </v>
<vn='24'>Then the <sn="5712">congregation</s> shall <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="5221">slayer</s> and the <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s> according <sn="5921">to</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="4941">judgments</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="5712">congregation</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>, and the <sn="5712">congregation</s> shall <sn="7725">restore</s> him <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of his <sn="4733">refuge</s>, <sn="834 8033">whither</s> he was <sn="5127">fled</s>: and he shall <sn="3427">abide</s> in it <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was <sn="4886">anointed</s> with the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="8081">oil</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>But <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s> shall at any time come <sn="3318 3318">without</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1366">border</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> of his <sn="4733">refuge</s>, <sn="834 8033">whither</s> he was <sn="5127">fled</s>; </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="4672">find</s> him <sn="4480 2351">without</s> the <sn="1366">borders</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> of his <sn="4733">refuge</s>, and the <sn="1350">revenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="7523">kill</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s>; he shall <sn="369">not</s> be guilty of <sn="1818">blood</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">Because</s> he should have <sn="3427">remained</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of his <sn="4733">refuge</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s>: but <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of his <sn="272">possession</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>So <sn="428">these</s> things shall <sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="2708">statute</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s> unto you throughout your <sn="1755">generations</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="4186">dwellings</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3605">Whoso</s><sn="5221">killeth</s> any <sn="5315">person</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">murderer</s> shall be put to <sn="7523">death</s> by the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of <sn="5707">witnesses</s>: but <sn="259">one</s><sn="5707">witness</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6030">testify</s> against any <sn="5315">person</s> to cause him to <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Moreover ye shall <sn="3947">take</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3724">satisfaction</s> for the <sn="5315">life</s> of a <sn="7523">murderer</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="7563">guilty</s> of <sn="4191">death</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> he shall be surely put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And ye shall <sn="3947">take</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3724">satisfaction</s> for him that is <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of his <sn="4733">refuge</s>, that he should come <sn="7725">again</s> to <sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>So ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2610">pollute</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">wherein</s><sn="859">ye</s> are: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1818">blood</s><sn="1931">it</s><sn="2610">defileth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>: and the <sn="776">land</s><sn="3808">cannot</s> be <sn="3722">cleansed</s> of the <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="8210">shed</s> therein, <sn="3588 518">but</s> by the <sn="1818">blood</s> of him that <sn="8210">shed</s> it. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="2930">Defile</s><sn="3808">not</s> therefore <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="859">ye</s> shall <sn="3427">inhabit</s>, <sn="834 8432">wherein</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="7931">dwell</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>