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1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the na­tions, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou suc­ceedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their hous­es; 2 Thou shalt sep­a­rate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to pos­sess it. 3 Thou shalt pre­pare thee a way, and di­vide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to in­her­it, into three parts, that ev­ery slay­er may flee thith­er. 4 And this is the case of the slay­er, which shall flee thith­er, that he may live: Whoso kil­leth his neigh­bour ig­no­rant­ly, whom he hat­ed not in time past; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neigh­bour to hew wood, and his hand fetch­eth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slip­peth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neigh­bour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pur­sue the slay­er, while his heart is hot, and over­take him, be­cause the way is long, and slay him; where­as he was not wor­thy of death, inas­much as he hat­ed him not in time past. 7 Where­fore I com­mand thee, say­ing, Thou shalt sep­a­rate three cities for thee. 8 And if the LORD thy God en­large thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fa­thers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fa­thers; 9 If thou shalt keep all these com­mand­ments to do them, which I com­mand thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, be­side these three: 10 That in­no­cent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an in­her­i­tance, and so blood be upon thee. 11 But if any man hate his neigh­bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mor­tal­ly that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: 12 Then the el­ders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and de­liv­er him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of in­no­cent blood from Is­rael, that it may go well with thee. 14 Thou shalt not re­move thy neighbour's land­mark, which they of old time have set in thine in­her­i­tance, which thou shalt in­her­it in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to pos­sess it. 15 One wit­ness shall not rise up against a man for any in­iq­ui­ty, or for any sin, in any sin that he sin­neth: at the mouth of two wit­ness­es, or at the mouth of three wit­ness­es, shall the mat­ter be es­tab­lished. 16 If a false wit­ness rise up against any man to tes­ti­fy against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, be­tween whom the con­tro­ver­sy is, shall stand be­fore the LORD, be­fore the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make dili­gent in­qui­si­tion: and, be­hold, if the wit­ness be a false wit­ness, and hath tes­ti­fied false­ly against his broth­er; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his broth­er: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which re­main shall hear, and fear, and shall hence­forth com­mit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.