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Deuteronomy 19:2-13

2Thou shalt setapartתַּבְדִּ֣ילtav.DilH914threeשָׁל֥וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892for thee in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of thylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776, which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

3Thou shaltprepareתָּכִ֣יןta.KhinH3559thee awayהַדֶּרֶךְ֒ha.de.reKhH1870, and divide theboundsגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of thylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776, which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee toinheritיַנְחִֽילְךָ֖yan.chi.le.KhaH5157, into threepartsוְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ve.shi.lash.TaH8027, that everyslayerרֹצֵֽחַ׃ro.Tze.achH7523mayfleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127there.

4And this is thecaseדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of theslayerהָרֹצֵ֔חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523, who shallfleeיָנ֥וּסya.NusH5127there, that he mayliveH2425: Whoeverkillethיַכֶּ֤הya.KehH5221hisneighbourרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453unintentionallyבִּבְלִי־ דַ֔עַתbiv.li- Da.'atH1097 H1847, whom hehatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130not intimeמִתְּמֹ֥לmi.te.MolH8543pastשִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃shil.ShomH8032;

5As when a mangoethיָבֹ֨אya.Vo'H935into theforestבַיַּעַר֮vai.ya.'ArH3293with hisneighbourרֵעֵ֥הוּre.'E.huH7453tohewלַחְטֹ֣בlach.ToH2404woodעֵצִים֒'e.TzimH6086, and hishandיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027maketh astrokeוְנִדְּחָ֨הve.ni.de.ChahH5080with theaxeבַגַּרְזֶן֙va.gar.ZenH1631to cutdownלִכְרֹ֣תlikh.RotH3772thetreeהָעֵ֔ץha.'EtzH6086, and theheadהַבַּרְזֶל֙ha.bar.ZelH1270slippethוְנָשַׁ֤לve.na.ShalH5394from thehelveהָעֵ֔ץha.'EtzH6086, andfallethוּמָצָ֥אu.ma.Tza'H4672upon hisneighbourרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453, that hediethוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191; he shallfleeיָנ֛וּסya.NusH5127tooneאַחַ֥ת'a.ChatH259of thesecitiesהֶעָרִים־he.'a.rim-H5892, andliveH2425:

6Lest theavengerגֹּאֵ֨לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּ֜םha.DamH1818shallpursueיִרְדֹּף֩yir.DofH7291theslayerאַחֲרֵ֣י הָרֹצֵ֗חַ'a.cha.Rei ha.ro.Tze.achH310 H7523,whileH3588hisheartלְבָבוֹ֒le.va.VoH3824ishotH3179, andovertakeוְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹve.hi.si.GoH5381him, because thewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870islongיִרְבֶּ֥הyir.BehH7235, andslayוְהִכָּ֣הוּve.hi.Ka.huH5221himנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315; though he was notworthyמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941ofdeathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194, inasmuchasH3588hehatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130him not intimeמִתְּמ֥וֹלmi.te.MolH8543pastשִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃shil.ShomH8032.

7Therefore Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thou shalt setapartתַּבְדִּ֥ילtav.DilH914threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892for thee.

8And if theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallenlargeיַרְחִ֞יבyar.ChivH7337thylandגְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ge.Vul.khaH1366, as he hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'H7650to thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1, andgiveוְנָ֤תַןve.Na.tanH5414thee all thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776which hepromisedדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414to thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1;

9If thou shaltkeepתִשְׁמֹר֩tish.MorH8104all thesecommandmentsהַמִּצְוָ֨הha.mitz.VahH4687todoלַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּla.'a.so.TahH6213them, which Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֮me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּוֹם֒hai.yOmH3117, toloveלְאַהֲבָ֞הle.'a.ha.VahH157theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, and towalkH3212everהַיָּמִ֑יםhai.ya.MimH3117in hiswaysבִּדְרָכָ֖יוbid.ra.KhavH1870; then shalt thouaddוְיָסַפְתָּ֨ve.ya.saf.TaH3254threeשָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֔ים'a.RimH5892more for thee, besides thesethreeהַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁha.sha.LoshH7969:

10Thatinnocentנָקִ֔יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818may not beshedיִשָּׁפֵךְ֙yi.sha.feKhH8210inבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130thylandאַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.KhaH776, which theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee for aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.LahH5159, and sobloodדָּמִֽים׃ סda.MimH1818be upon thee.

11But if anymanאִישׁ֙'ishH376shallhateשֹׂנֵ֣אso.Ne'H8130hisneighbourלְרֵעֵ֔הוּle.re.'E.huH7453, and lie inwaitוְאָ֤רַבve.'A.ravH693for him, and riseupוְקָ֣םve.KamH6965against him, andsmiteוְהִכָּ֥הוּve.hi.Ka.huH5221himmortallyנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315that hediethוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191, and he shallfleeוְנָ֕סve.NasH5127intooneאַחַ֖ת'a.ChatH259oftheseהָאֵֽל׃ha.'ElH411citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.RimH5892:

12Then theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of hiscityעִיר֔וֹi.RoH5892shallsendוְשָֽׁלְחוּ֙ve.sha.le.ChuH7971andbringוְלָקְח֥וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947him from there, anddeliverוְנָתְנ֣וּve.na.te.NuH5414him into thehandבְּיַ֛דbe.YadH3027of theavengerגֹּאֵ֥לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818, that he maydieוָמֵֽת׃va.MetH4191.

13Thyeyeעֵֽינְךָ֖'ei.ne.KhaH5869shall notpityתָח֥וֹסta.ChosH2347him, but thou shallremoveוּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧u.vi.'ar.TaH1197the guilt ofinnocentהַנָּקִ֛יha.na.KiH5355bloodדַֽם־dam-H1818fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that it may bewellוְט֥וֹבve.TovH2895with thee.

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