Numbers 35:6-34

Numbers 35:6-34

[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] 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  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  [16] And if he smite  him with an instrument  of iron,  so that he die,  he is a murderer:  shall surely  [17] And if he smite  him with throwing  a stone,  wherewith he may die,  he is a murderer:  shall surely  [18] Or if he smite  him with an hand  weapon  of wood,  wherewith he may die,  he is a murderer:  shall surely  [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  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  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  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  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:  [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:  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.