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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jor­dan near Jeri­cho, say­ing, 2 Com­mand the chil­dren of Is­rael, that they give unto the Levites of the in­her­i­tance of their pos­ses­sion cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites sub­urbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the sub­urbs of them shall be for their cat­tle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the sub­urbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and out­ward a thou­sand cu­bits round about. 5 And ye shall mea­sure from with­out the city on the east side two thou­sand cu­bits, and on the south side two thou­sand cu­bits, and on the west side two thou­sand cu­bits, and on the north side two thou­sand cu­bits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the sub­urbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall ap­point for the manslay­er, that he may flee thith­er: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their sub­urbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the pos­ses­sion of the chil­dren of Is­rael: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: ev­ery one shall give of his cities unto the Levites ac­cord­ing to his in­her­i­tance which he in­heriteth. 9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 10 Speak unto the chil­dren of Is­rael, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jor­dan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall ap­point you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slay­er may flee thith­er, which kil­leth any per­son at un­awares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslay­er die not, un­til he stand be­fore the con­gre­ga­tion in judg­ment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jor­dan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the chil­dren of Is­rael, and for the stranger, and for the so­journ­er among them: that ev­ery one that kil­leth any per­son un­awares may flee thith­er. 16 And if he smite him with an in­stru­ment of iron, so that he die, he is a mur­der­er: the mur­der­er shall sure­ly be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throw­ing a stone, where­with he may die, and he die, he is a mur­der­er: the mur­der­er shall sure­ly be put to death. 18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, where­with he may die, and he die, he is a mur­der­er: the mur­der­er shall sure­ly be put to death. 19 The re­venger of blood him­self shall slay the mur­der­er: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of ha­tred, or hurl at him by lay­ing of wait, that he die; 21 Or in en­mi­ty smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall sure­ly be put to death; for he is a mur­der­er: the re­venger of blood shall slay the mur­der­er, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him sud­den­ly with­out en­mi­ty, or have cast upon him any thing with­out lay­ing of wait, 23 Or with any stone, where­with a man may die, see­ing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his en­e­my, nei­ther sought his harm: 24 Then the con­gre­ga­tion shall judge be­tween the slay­er and the re­venger of blood ac­cord­ing to these judg­ments: 25 And the con­gre­ga­tion shall de­liv­er the slay­er out of the hand of the re­venger of blood, and the con­gre­ga­tion shall re­store him to the city of his refuge, whith­er he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anoint­ed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slay­er shall at any time come with­out the bor­der of the city of his refuge, whith­er he was fled; 27 And the re­venger of blood find him with­out the bor­ders of the city of his refuge, and the re­venger of blood kill the slay­er; he shall not be guilty of blood: 28 Be­cause he should have re­mained in the city of his refuge un­til the death of the high priest: but af­ter the death of the high priest the slay­er shall re­turn into the land of his pos­ses­sion. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judg­ment unto you through­out your gen­er­a­tions in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso kil­leth any per­son, the mur­der­er shall be put to death by the mouth of wit­ness­es: but one wit­ness shall not tes­ti­fy against any per­son ­to cause him to die. 31 More­over ye shall take no sat­is­fac­tion for the life of a mur­der­er, which is guilty of death: but he shall be sure­ly put to death. 32 And ye shall take no sat­is­fac­tion for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, un­til the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pol­lute the land where­in ye are: for blood it de­fileth the land: and the land can­not be cleansed of the blood that is shed there­in, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 De­file not there­fore the land which ye shall in­hab­it, where­in I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the chil­dren of Is­rael.