Joshua 20
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Joshua 20:2-6

2Speakדַּבֵּ֛רda.BerH1696to thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Appointתְּנ֤וּte.NuH5414for youcitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofrefugeהַמִּקְלָ֔טha.mik.LatH4733, of which Ispokeדִּבַּ֥רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696to you by thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofMosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872:
3That theslayerרוֹצֵ֔חַro.Tze.achH7523thatkillethמַכֵּה־ma.keh-H5221anypersonנֶ֥פֶשׁNe.feshH5315unintentionallyבִּשְׁגָגָ֖הbish.ga.GahH7684andunknowinglyדָ֑עַתDa.'atH1847mayfleeלָנ֥וּסla.NusH5127there: and they shall be yourrefugeלְמִקְלָ֔טle.mik.LatH4733from theavengerמִגֹּאֵ֖לmi.go.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּֽם׃ha.DamH1818.
4And when he that dothfleeוְנָ֞סve.NasH5127tooneאַחַ֣ת׀'a.ChatH259of thosecitiesמֵהֶעָרִ֣יםme.he.'a.RimH5892shallstandוְעָמַד֙ve.'a.MadH5975at theentranceפֶּ֚תַחPe.tachH6607of thegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179of thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, and shalldeclareוְדִבֶּ֛רve.di.BerH1696hiscauseדְּבָרָ֑יוde.va.RavH1697in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֛יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of theeldersזִקְנֵ֥י־zik.Nei-H2205of thatcityהָעִֽירha.'ir-H5892, they shalltakeוְאָסְפ֨וּve.'a.se.FuH622him into thecityהָעִ֙ירָה֙ha.'I.rahH5892to them, andgiveוְנָתְנוּ־ve.na.te.nu-H5414him aplaceמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725, that he maydwellוְיָשַׁ֥בve.ya.ShavH3427among them.
5And if theavengerגֹּאֵ֤לgo.'ElH1350ofbloodהַדָּם֙ha.DamH1818shallpursueיִרְדֹּ֜ף אַֽחֲרָ֔יוyir.Dof 'a.cha.RavH7291H310him, then they shall notdeliverיַסְגִּ֥רוּyas.Gi.ruH5462theslayerהָרֹצֵ֖חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523into hishandבְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.DoH3027; because hesmoteהִכָּ֣הhi.KahH5221hisneighbourרֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huH7453unknowinglyבִבְלִי־ דַ֙עַת֙viv.li- da.'atH1097H1847, and had nothatedשֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130him in timespastמִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃mi.te.Mol shil.ShomH8543H8032.
6And he shalldwellוְיָשַׁ֣ב׀ve.ya.ShavH3427in thatcityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892, until he shallstandעָמְד֞וֹa.me.DoH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440thecongregationהָֽעֵדָה֙ha.'e.DahH5712forjudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טla.mish.PatH4941, and until thedeathמוֹת֙mOtH4194of thehighהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419priestהַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.HenH3548thatH834shall be in thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117: then shall theslayerהָרוֹצֵ֗חַha.ro.Tze.achH7523returnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725, andcomeוּבָ֤אu.Va'H935to his owncityעִירוֹ֙i.RoH5892, and to his ownhouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, to thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892from which hefledנָ֥סnasH5127.
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