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1. The Lord said to Joshua,
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1. The LORD H3068 also spoke H1696 unto H413 Joshua H3091 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Say to the people of Israel, 'Choose the cities where you may go and be safe when you are in trouble, as I said to you through Moses.
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2. Speak H1696 to H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , Appoint H5414 out for you H853 cities H5892 of refuge H4733 , whereof H834 I spoke H1696 unto H413 you by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 :
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3. So the man who kills any person without meaning to or planning to may run to one of these cities. They will be places where you can go to be safe from the one who wants to punish you for the killing.
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3. That the slayer H7523 that killeth H5221 any person H5315 unawares H7684 and unwittingly H1097 H1847 may flee H5127 thither H8033 : and they shall be H1961 your refuge H4733 from the avenger H4480 H1350 of blood H1818 .
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4. He will run to one of these cities and stand at the city gate. There he will tell his story to the leaders of that city. They will take him into the city and give him a place. So he may live among them.
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4. And when he that doth flee H5127 unto H413 one H259 of those H428 cities H4480 H5892 shall stand H5975 at the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city H5892 , and shall declare H1696 H853 his cause H1697 in the ears H241 of the elders H2205 of that H1931 city H5892 , they shall take H622 him into the city H5892 unto them , and give H5414 H413 him a place H4725 , that he may dwell H3427 among H5973 them.
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5. If the one who wants to punish him comes after him, they will not give him the one who killed the person, because he killed his neighbor without planning to, and did not hate him in the past.
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5. And if H3588 the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 pursue H7291 after H310 him , then they shall not H3808 deliver H5462 H853 the slayer H7523 up into his hand H3027 ; because H3588 he smote H5221 H853 his neighbor H7453 unwittingly H1097 H1847 , and hated H8130 him not H3808 formerly H8543 H8032 .
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6. He will live in that city until he has been tried in front of the people. And he will live there until the death of the one who is the head religious leader at the time. Then the one who killed the person may return to his own city and his own house, to the city he ran away from.' ''
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6. And he shall dwell H3427 in that H1931 city H5892 , until H5704 he stand H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 for judgment H4941 , and until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 that H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 : then H227 shall the slayer H7523 return H7725 , and come H935 unto H413 his own city H5892 , and unto H413 his own house H1004 , unto H413 the city H5892 from whence H834 H4480 H8033 he fled H5127 .
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7. So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali. They set apart Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim. And they set apart Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
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7. And they appointed H6942 H853 Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551 in mount H2022 Naphtali H5321 , and Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , and Kirjath H7153 -arba, which H1931 is Hebron H2275 , in the mountain H2022 of Judah H3063 .
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8. On the other side of the Jordan east of Jericho, they set apart Bezer in the desert plain from the family of Reuben. They set apart Ramoth in Gilead from the family of Gad. And they set apart Golan in Bashan from the family of Manasseh.
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8. And on the other side H4480 H5676 Jordan H3383 by Jericho H3405 eastward H4217 , they assigned H5414 H853 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 upon the plain H4334 out of the tribe H4480 H4294 of Reuben H7205 , and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 out of the tribe H4480 H4294 of Gad H1410 , and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 out of the tribe H4480 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 .
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9. These were the chosen cities for all the people of Israel and for the stranger staying among them. So whoever killed any person without meaning to could run there. He could not be killed by the one who wanted to punish him, before standing trial in front of the people.
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9. These H428 were H1961 the cities H5892 appointed H4152 for all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 them , that whosoever H3605 killeth H5221 any person H5315 at unawares H7684 might flee H5127 thither H8033 , and not H3808 die H4191 by the hand H3027 of the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 , until H5704 he stood H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 .
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