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Numbers 35:29-32

29Thisאֵ֧לֶּה'E.lehH428will beוְהָי֨וּve.ha.YuH1961a statutoryלְחֻקַּ֥תle.chu.KatH2708ordinanceמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941for youfor the generations to comeלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑םle.do.ro.tei.KhemH1755,whereverבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605you liveמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃mo.she.vo.tei.KhemH4186.

30If anyoneכָּל־kol-H3605killsמַ֨כֵּה־Ma.keh-H5221a personנֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshH5315,the murdererיִרְצַ֖חyir.TzachH7523אֶת־'et-H853is to be put to deathהָרֹצֵ֑חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523on the testimonyלְפִ֣יle.FiH6310of the witnessesעֵדִ֔ים'e.DimH5707.But noלֹא־lo'-H3808oneבְנֶ֖פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315is to be put to deathלָמֽוּת׃la.MutH4191based on the testimonyיַעֲנֶ֥הya.'a.NehH6030of a loneאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259witnessוְעֵ֣דve.'EdH5707.

31You are notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808to acceptתִקְח֥וּtik.ChuH3947a ransomכֹ֙פֶר֙kho.ferH3724for the lifeלְנֶ֣פֶשׁle.Ne.feshH5315of a murdererרֹצֵ֔חַro.Tze.achH7523whoאֲשֶׁר־ ה֥וּא'a.Sher- hu'H834 H1931deservesרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563to dieכִּי־ki-H4191 H3588;he must surely be put to deathH4191.

32Norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808should you acceptתִקְח֣וּtik.ChuH3947a ransomכֹ֔פֶרKho.ferH3724for the person who fleesלָנ֖וּסla.NusH5127toאֶל־'el-H413a cityעִ֣יר'irH5892of refugeמִקְלָט֑וֹmik.la.ToH4733and allow him to returnלָשׁוּב֙la.ShuvH7725and liveלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427on his own landבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776beforeעַד־'ad-H5704the deathמ֖וֹתMotH4194of the high priestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃ha.ko.HenH3548.

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