New American Standard Bible 2020

Numbers 35:11-32

11 1then you shall selectH7136 for yourselves citiesH5892 to be your 2citiesH5892 of refugeH4733, so that the one who commitsH7523 manslaughterH7523 by 3killingH5221 a personH5315 4unintentionallyH7684 may fleeH5127 thereH8033. 12 5The citiesH5892 shall 6serve you as a refugeH4733 from the avengerH1350, so that the one who commitsH7523 manslaughterH7523 does not dieH4191 untilH5704 he standsH5975 beforeH6440 the congregationH5712 for 7trialH4941. 13So the citiesH5892 whichH834 you are to provideH5414 shall be sixH8337 citiesH5892 of refugeH4733 for you. 14You 8shall provideH5414 threeH7969 citiesH5892 acrossH4480 H5676 the JordanH3383, and threeH7969 citiesH5892 9in the landH776 of CanaanH3667; they are to be citiesH5892 of refugeH4733. 15TheseH428 sixH8337 citiesH5892 shall be a refugeH4733 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, for the strangerH1616, and for the foreignH8453 residentH8453 amongH8432 them; so that anyoneH3605 who 10killsH5221 a personH5315 11unintentionallyH7684 may fleeH5127 thereH8033.

16‘12But ifH518 he struckH5221 him with an ironH1270 objectH3627, so that he diedH4191, he is a murdererH7523; the murdererH7523 mustH4191 be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191. 17And ifH518 he struckH5221 him with a stoneH68 in the handH3027, by whichH834 he would dieH4191, and as a result he did dieH4191, he is a murdererH7523; the murdererH7523 13mustH4191 be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191. 18OrH176 if he struckH5221 him with a woodenH6086 objectH3627 in the handH3027, by whichH834 he would dieH4191, and as a result he did dieH4191, he is a murdererH7523; the murdererH7523 mustH4191 be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191. 19The bloodH1818 avengerH1350 himselfH1931 shall putH4191 the murdererH7523 toH4191 deathH4191; he himself shall putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191 when he meetsH6293 him. 20Now 14ifH518 he pushedH1920 him in hatredH8135, orH176 he threwH7993 something at him 15 16with maliciousH6660 intentH6660, and as a result he diedH4191, 21orH176 if he struckH5221 him with his handH3027 with hostilityH342, and as a result he diedH4191, the one who struckH5221 him mustH4191 be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191; he is a murdererH7523. The bloodH1818 avengerH1350 shall putH4191 the murdererH7523 toH4191 deathH4191 when he meetsH6293 him.

22‘17But ifH518 he pushedH1920 him suddenlyH6621, withoutH3808 hostilityH342, orH176 threwH7993 anyH3605 objectH3627 at him withoutH3808 18maliciousH6660 intentH6660, 23orH176 had anyH3605 19deadlyH834 H4191 stoneH68, and withoutH3808 lookingH7200 he droppedH5307 it on him so that he diedH4191, while he was not his enemyH340 norH3808 was he seekingH1245 20to harmH7463 him, 24then 21the congregationH5712 shall judgeH8199 betweenH996 the one who fatallyH5221 struckH5221 the victim and the bloodH1818 avengerH1350 inH5921 accordanceH5921 withH5921 theseH428 ordinancesH4941. 25And the congregationH5712 shall saveH5337 the one who committedH7523 manslaughterH7523 from the handH3027 of the bloodH1818 avengerH1350, and the congregationH5712 shall returnH7725 him to his cityH5892 of refugeH4733 to whichH834 he fledH5127; and he shall liveH3427 in it untilH5704 the deathH4194 of the highH1419 priestH3548 whoH834 was anointedH4886 with the holyH6944 oilH8081. 26But ifH518 atH3318 anyH3318 timeH3318 22he goesH3318 beyondH3318 the borderH1366 of his cityH5892 of refugeH4733 to whichH834 he fleesH5127, 27and the bloodH1818 avengerH1350 findsH4672 him outsideH4480 H2351 the borderH1366 of his cityH5892 of refugeH4733, and the bloodH1818 avengerH1350 killsH7523 23him, he 24will not be guilty of bloodshedH1818, 28becauseH3588 he should have remainedH3427 in his cityH5892 of refugeH4733 untilH5704 the deathH4194 of the highH1419 priestH3548. But afterH310 the deathH4194 of the highH1419 priestH3548 the one who committedH7523 manslaughterH7523 may returnH7725 to the landH776 of his propertyH272.

29‘TheseH428 thingsH428 shall be a 25statutoryH2708 ordinanceH4941 for you throughout your generationsH1755 in allH3605 your dwellingH4186 placesH4186.

30‘26If anyoneH3605 killsH5221 a personH5315, the murdererH7523 shall be putH7523 toH7523 deathH7523 on the 27testimonyH6310 of witnessesH5707, but 28noH3808 personH5315 shall be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191 onH6030 theH6030 testimonyH6030 of only oneH259 witnessH5707. 31Moreover, you shall not acceptH3947 a ransomH3724 for the lifeH5315 of a murdererH7523 whoH834 is 29condemnedH7563 to deathH4191, but he mustH4191 be putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191. 32And you shall not acceptH3947 a ransomH3724 for one who has fledH5127 to his cityH5892 of refugeH4733, so that he may returnH7725 to liveH3427 in the landH776 30beforeH5704 the deathH4194 of the priestH3548.

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Notes

1. Numbers 35:11 Deut 19:1-13 ↩
2. Numbers 35:11 Josh 20:2f ↩
3. Numbers 35:11 Lit fatally striking ↩
4. Numbers 35:11 Ex 21:13; Lev 4:2f, 22f; Num 35:22-25 ↩
5. Numbers 35:12 Deut 19:4-6; Josh 20:2, 3 ↩
6. Numbers 35:12 Lit be to you ↩
7. Numbers 35:12 Lit judgment ↩
8. Numbers 35:14 Deut 4:41 ↩
9. Numbers 35:14 Lit you shall give in ↩
10. Numbers 35:15 Lit strikes ↩
11. Numbers 35:15 Num 35:11 ↩
12. Numbers 35:16 Ex 21:12, 14; Lev 24:17 ↩
13. Numbers 35:17 Num 35:31 ↩
14. Numbers 35:20 Gen 4:8; 2 Sam 3:27; 20:10 ↩
15. Numbers 35:20 Lit in pursuit ↩
16. Numbers 35:20 Ex 21:14; Deut 19:11 ↩
17. Numbers 35:22 Num 35:11 ↩
18. Numbers 35:22 Lit pursuit ↩
19. Numbers 35:23 Lit stone by which he would die ↩
20. Numbers 35:23 Lit his harm ↩
21. Numbers 35:24 Josh 20:6 ↩
22. Numbers 35:26 Lit the one who committed manslaughter ↩
23. Numbers 35:27 Lit the one who committed manslaughter ↩
24. Numbers 35:27 Lit he has no bloodguilt ↩
25. Numbers 35:29 Num 27:11 ↩
26. Numbers 35:30 Num 35:16 ↩
27. Numbers 35:30 Lit mouth ↩
28. Numbers 35:30 Deut 17:6; 19:15; Matt 18:16; John 7:51; 8:17, 18 ↩
29. Numbers 35:31 Lit guilty ↩
30. Numbers 35:32 Or until ↩

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