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:

If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

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.

the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.