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Deuteronomy 19:1-7

1WhenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathcutיַכְרִ֞יתyakh.RitH3772offthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whoselandאַרְצָ֑ם'ar.TzamH776JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee,andthou hastdispossessedוִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕םvi.rish.TamH3423them,anddwellestintheircitiesבְעָרֵיהֶ֖םve.'a.rei.HemH5892andintheirhousesH1004,

2thou shaltseparateH914threeשָׁל֥וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892forthyselfinthemidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofthylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776,whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth theetopossessH3423.

3Thou shaltprepareH3559theethewayH1870,anddivideH5157theterritoryגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366ofthylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776,whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth theetoinheritH5157,intothreeוְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ve.shi.lash.TaH8027parts,sothateveryslayermayfleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127thither.

4Andthisisthecaseoftheslayerwhoshallfleeיָנ֥וּסya.NusH5127thitherthathemaylive:hethatsmitethhisneighbour unwittingly,whomhehatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130notpreviously;

5aswhenH834hegoethintothewoodH6086withhisneighbourtohewwoodH6086,andhishandיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027fetchethastrokewiththeaxeבַגַּרְזֶן֙va.gar.ZenH1631tocutלִכְרֹ֣תlikh.RotH3772downthetreeH6086,andtheironהַבַּרְזֶל֙ha.bar.ZelH1270slippethfromthehandle,andlightethuponhisneighbour,thathedieוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191;suchanoneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259shallfleeיָנ֛וּסya.NusH5127untooneH259ofthesecitiesהֶעָרִים־he.'a.rim-H5892,andlive;

6lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theavengerגֹּאֵ֨לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּ֜םha.DamH1818pursueיִרְדֹּף֩yir.DofH7291themanslayer,whilehisheartלְבָבוֹ֒le.va.VoH3824ishot,andovertakeוְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹve.hi.si.GoH5381him,becausethewayH1870islong,andsmitehimmortally; whereashewasnotworthyofdeathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194,sincehehatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130himnotpreviously.

7ThereforeH3651Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thou shaltseparateH914threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892forthyself.

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