<vn='1'><sn="3588">When</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="776">land</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee, and thou <sn="3423">succeedest</s> them, and <sn="3427">dwellest</s> in their <sn="5892">cities</s>, and in their <sn="1004">houses</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>Thou shalt <sn="914">separate</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="5892">cities</s> for thee in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thy <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee to <sn="3423">possess</s> it. </v>
<vn='3'>Thou shalt <sn="3559">prepare</s> thee a <sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="8027">divide</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of thy <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> giveth thee to <sn="5157">inherit</s>, into three parts, that <sn="3605">every</s><sn="7523">slayer</s><sn="1961">may</s><sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="1697">case</s> of the <sn="7523">slayer</s>, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, that he may <sn="2425">live</s>: <sn="834">Whoso</s><sn="5221">killeth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s><sn="1907 1947">ignorantly</s>, whom <sn="1931">he</s><sn="8130">hated</s><sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="8032">time</s><sn="4480 8657">past</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>As when a <sn="834">man</s><sn="935">goeth</s> into the <sn="3293">wood</s><sn="854">with</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> to <sn="2404">hew</s><sn="6086">wood</s>, and his <sn="3027">hand</s> fetcheth a <sn="5080">stroke</s> with the <sn="1631">axe</s> to cut <sn="3772">down</s> the <sn="6086">tree</s>, and the <sn="1270">head</s><sn="5394">slippeth</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="6086">helve</s>, and lighteth <sn="4672">upon</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, that he <sn="4191">die</s>; <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="259">one</s> of <sn="428">those</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="2425">live</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="6435">Lest</s> the <sn="1350">avenger</s> of the <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="7291 310">pursue</s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s>, <sn="3588">while</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s> is <sn="3179">hot</s>, and <sn="5381">overtake</s> him, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> is <sn="7235">long</s>, and <sn="5221">slay</s><sn="5315">him</s>; whereas he was <sn="369">not</s> worthy of <sn="4941 4194">death</s>, inasmuch <sn="3588">as</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="8130">hated</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="8032">time</s><sn="4480 8543">past</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou shalt <sn="914">separate</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="5892">cities</s> for thee. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="7337">enlarge</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1366">coast</s>, <sn="834">as</s> he hath <sn="7650">sworn</s> unto thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">promised</s> to <sn="5414">give</s> unto thy <sn="1">fathers</s>; </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">If</s> thou shalt <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">these</s><sn="4687">commandments</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> them, <sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee this <sn="3117">day</s>, to <sn="157">love</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, and to <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="3605 3117">ever</s> in his <sn="1870">ways</s>; then shalt thou <sn="3254">add</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="5892">cities</s><sn="5750">more</s> for thee, <sn="5921">beside</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="7969">three</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>That <sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="7130">in</s> thy <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee for an <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, and so <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee. </v>
<vn='11'>But <sn="3588">if</s> any <sn="376">man</s><sn="1961 8130">hate</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, and lie in <sn="693">wait</s> for him, and rise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, and <sn="5221">smite</s> him <sn="5315">mortally</s> that he <sn="4191">die</s>, and <sn="5127">fleeth</s><sn="413">into</s><sn="259">one</s> of <sn="411">these</s><sn="5892">cities</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>Then the <sn="2205">elders</s> of his <sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="7971">send</s> and <sn="3947">fetch</s> him <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="5414">deliver</s> him into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="1350">avenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>, that he may <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Thine <sn="5869">eye</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2347 5921">pity</s> him, but thou shalt put <sn="1197">away</s> the guilt of <sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s> from <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>, that it may go <sn="2895">well</s> with thee. </v>
<vn='14'>Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5253">remove</s> thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="1366">landmark</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they of old <sn="7223">time</s> have <sn="1379">set</s> in thine <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou shalt <sn="5157">inherit</s> in the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">giveth</s> thee to <sn="3423">possess</s> it. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="259">One</s><sn="5707">witness</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> rise <sn="6965">up</s> against a <sn="376">man</s> for <sn="3605">any</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s>, or for <sn="3605">any</s><sn="2403">sin</s>, in <sn="3605">any</s><sn="2399">sin</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="2398">sinneth</s>: <sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5707">witnesses</s>, <sn="176">or</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of <sn="7969">three</s><sn="5707">witnesses</s>, shall the <sn="1697">matter</s> be <sn="6965">established</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">If</s> a <sn="2555">false</s><sn="5707">witness</s> rise <sn="6965">up</s> against any <sn="376">man</s> to <sn="6030">testify</s> against him that which is <sn="5627">wrong</s>; </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="8147">both</s> the <sn="376">men</s>, between <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="7379">controversy</s> is, shall <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="8199">judges</s>, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="8199">judges</s> shall make diligent <sn="1875 3190">inquisition</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, if the <sn="5707">witness</s> be a <sn="8267">false</s><sn="5707">witness</s>, and hath <sn="6030">testified</s><sn="8267">falsely</s> against his <sn="251">brother</s>; </v>
<vn='19'>Then shall ye <sn="6213">do</s> unto him, <sn="834">as</s> he had <sn="2161">thought</s> to have <sn="6213">done</s> unto his <sn="251">brother</s>: so shalt thou put the evil <sn="1197 7451">away</s> from <sn="4480 7130">among</s> you. </v>
<vn='20'>And those which <sn="7604">remain</s> shall <sn="8085">hear</s>, and <sn="3372">fear</s>, and shall <sn="3254">henceforth</s><sn="6213">commit</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="1697">any</s><sn="2088">such</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7130">among</s> you. </v>
<vn='21'>And thine <sn="5869">eye</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2347">pity</s>; but <sn="5315">life</s> shall go for <sn="5315">life</s>, <sn="5869">eye</s> for <sn="5869">eye</s>, <sn="8127">tooth</s> for <sn="8127">tooth</s>, <sn="3027">hand</s> for <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="7272">foot</s> for <sn="7272">foot</s>. </v>