Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 19:2-9

2thou shaltseparateתַּבְדִּ֣ילtav.DilH914threeשָׁל֥וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892for thee in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of thylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

3Thou shaltprepareתָּכִ֣יןta.KhinH3559thee thewayהַדֶּרֶךְ֒ha.de.reKhH1870, anddivideH5157thebordersגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of thylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430causeth thee toinheritH5157,intoH776threeוְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ve.shi.lash.TaH8027partsH8027, thateveryכָּל־kol-H3605manslayerרֹצֵֽחַ׃ro.Tze.achH7523mayfleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127thither.

4And this is thecaseדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of themanslayerהָרֹצֵ֔חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523,whichH834shallfleeיָנ֥וּסya.NusH5127thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, andhatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130himnotלֹא־lo'-H3808in timepastמִתְּמֹ֥לmi.te.MolH8543;

5as when amanH4191goethintoאֶל־'el-H413theforestבַיַּעַר֮vai.ya.'ArH3293with his neighbour to hewwoodH6086, and hishandיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027fetcheth a stroke with theaxeבַגַּרְזֶן֙va.gar.ZenH1631tocutלִכְרֹ֣תlikh.RotH3772downH3772thetreeH6086, and theheadהַבַּרְזֶל֙ha.bar.ZelH1270slippeth from the helve, and lightethuponיָבֹ֨אya.Vo'H935his neighbour, that hedieוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191; he shallfleeיָנ֛וּסya.NusH5127unto one oftheseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428citiesהֶעָרִים־he.'a.rim-H5892and live:

6lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theavengerגֹּאֵ֨לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּ֜םha.DamH1818pursueיִרְדֹּף֩yir.DofH7291themanslayerהָרֹצֵ֗חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523,whileה֛וּאhu'H1931hisheartלְבָבוֹ֒le.va.VoH3824is hot, andovertakeוְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹve.hi.si.GoH5381him,becauseH3588thewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870islongנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315, andsmiteוְהִכָּ֣הוּve.hi.Ka.huH5221him mortally; whereas he wasnotH3808worthyמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941ofdeathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194, inasmuch as hehatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130himnotH3808in timepastמִתְּמ֥וֹלmi.te.MolH8543.

7Wherefore Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thou shaltseparateתַּבְדִּ֥ילtav.DilH914threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892for thee.

8Andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430enlargeיַרְחִ֞יבyar.ChivH7337thyborderגְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ge.Vul.khaH1366, as he hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'H7650unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, andgiveוְנָ֤תַןve.Na.tanH5414theeallכָּל־kol-H3605thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834hepromisedדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1;

9ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588thou shaltkeepתִשְׁמֹר֩tish.MorH8104allH3605thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֨הha.mitz.VahH4687todoלַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּla.'a.so.TahH6213it,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֮me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayH3117, toloveלְאַהֲבָ֞הle.'a.ha.VahH157theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, and towalkH1870everH5750in hiswaysבִּדְרָכָ֖יוbid.ra.KhavH1870; then shalt thouaddוְיָסַפְתָּ֨ve.ya.saf.TaH3254threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֔ים'a.RimH5892moreH5750for thee,besideעַ֖ל'alH5921theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428threeהַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁha.sha.LoshH7969:

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