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Joshua 20:1-4

1Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068also spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.BerH1696unto Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Speakדַּבֵּ֛רda.BerH1696to the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Appoint outתְּנ֤וּte.NuH5414for you citiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892of refugeהַמִּקְלָ֔טha.mik.LatH4733,whereof I spakeדִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696unto you by the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872:

3That the slayerרוֹצֵ֔חַro.Tze.achH7523that killethמַכֵּה־ma.keh-H5221anypersonנֶ֥פֶשׁNe.feshH5315unawaresבִּשְׁגָגָ֖הbish.ga.GahH7684andunwittinglyדָ֑עַתDa.'atH1847may fleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127thither: and they shall be your refugeלְמִקְלָ֔טle.mik.LatH4733from the avengerמִגֹּאֵ֖לmi.go.'ElH1350of bloodהַדָּֽם׃ha.DamH1818.

4And when he that doth fleeוְנָ֞סve.NasH5127unto oneאַחַ֣ת׀'a.ChatH259of those citiesמֵהֶעָרִ֣יםme.he.'a.RimH5892shall standוְעָמַד֙ve.'a.MadH5975at the enteringפֶּ֚תַחPe.tachH6607of the gateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179of the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,and shall declareוְדִבֶּ֛רve.di.BerH1696his causeדְּבָרָ֑יוde.va.RavH1697in the earsבְּאָזְנֵ֛יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of the eldersזִקְנֵ֥י־zik.Nei-H2205of that cityהָעִֽירha.'ir-H5892,they shall takeוְאָסְפ֨וּve.'a.se.FuH622him into the cityהָעִ֙ירָה֙ha.'I.rahH5892unto them, and giveוְנָתְנוּ־ve.na.te.nu-H5414him a placeמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725,that he may dwellוְיָשַׁ֥בve.ya.ShavH3427among them.

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