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Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
And thou shalt
bestow that money for
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat
there before
the LORD thy God, and thou shalt
rejoice, thou, and thine household,
Then you may
spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast
there in
the presence of
the LORD your God and
rejoice with your household.
And
the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not
forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee.
And do not neglect
the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
At
the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all
the tithe of thine increase
the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
And
the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee,) and
the stranger, and
the fatherless, and
the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that
the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all
the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you),
the foreigner,
the fatherless, and
the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And
the LORD your God will
bless you in all
the work of your hands.
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
At
the end of every seven years you must
cancel debts.
And this is
the manner of
the release: Every
creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called
the LORD’S release.
This is
the manner of remission: Every
creditor shall
cancel what he has
loaned to his
neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his
neighbor or brother, because
the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
Save when
there shall be no poor among you; for
the LORD shall greatly
bless thee in
the land which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance to possess it:
There will be no poor among you, however, because
the LORD will surely
bless you in
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
Only if thou carefully
hearken unto
the voice of
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all
these commandments which I command
thee this day.
if only you obey
the LORD your God and are careful to follow all
these commandments I am giving you
today.
For
the LORD thy God blesseth
thee, as he promised
thee: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not
borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but
they shall not reign over
thee.
When
the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will
lend to many nations but
borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
If
there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
If
there is a poor man among your brothers within any of
the gates in
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you,
then you are not to
harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Beware that
there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,
The seventh year,
the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him
nought; and he cry unto
the LORD against
thee, and it be sin unto
thee.
Be careful not to
harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “
The seventh year,
the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to
the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing
the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be
grieved when you do so. And because of this
the LORD your God will
bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
For
the poor shall never cease out of
the land:
therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy
needy, in thy land.
For
there will never cease to be poor in
the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to
the poor and
needy in your land.
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that
wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed
thee thou shalt give unto him.
You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your
threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as
the LORD your God has blessed you.
And thou shalt remember that thou
wast a
bondman in
the land of Egypt, and
the LORD thy God redeemed
thee:
therefore I command
thee this thing to day.
Remember that you were slaves in
the land of Egypt, and
the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command
today.
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto
the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy
maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
then take an
awl and
pierce it through his ear into
the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your
maidservant the same way.
It shall not seem hard unto
thee, when thou sendest him away free from
thee; for he hath been worth a double
hired servant to
thee, in serving
thee six years: and
the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all that thou doest.
Do not regard it as a
hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice
the wages of a
hired hand. And
the LORD your God will
bless you in all you do.
You must set apart to
the LORD your God every
firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put
the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to
shear the firstborn of your flock.
Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
And if
there be any
blemish therein, as if it be
lame, or blind, or have any ill
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto
the LORD thy God.
But if an animal has a defect, is
lame or blind, or has any serious
flaw, you must not sacrifice it to
the LORD your God.
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates:
the unclean and
the clean person shall eat it alike, as
the roebuck, and as
the hart.
Eat it within your gates; both
the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as
they would a
gazelle or a deer.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Observe
the month of
Abib, and keep
the passover unto
the LORD thy God: for in
the month of
Abib the LORD thy God brought
thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Observe
the month of
Abib and
celebrate the Passover to
the LORD your God, because in
the month of
Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Thou shalt
therefore sacrifice
the passover unto
the LORD thy God, of
the flock and
the herd, in
the place which
the LORD shall choose to place his name
there.
You are to offer to
the LORD your God
the Passover sacrifice from
the herd or flock in
the place
the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
Thou shalt eat no
leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread
therewith, even
the bread of
affliction; for thou camest forth out of
the land of Egypt in
haste: that thou mayest remember
the day when thou camest forth out of
the land of Egypt all
the days of thy life.
You must not eat
leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it
unleavened bread,
the bread of
affliction, because you left
the land of Egypt in
haste—so that you may remember for
the rest of your life
the day you left
the land of Egypt.
And
there shall be no
leavened bread seen with
thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall
there any thing of
the flesh, which thou sacrificedst
the first day at even, remain all night until
the morning.
No
leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of
the meat you sacrifice in
the evening of
the first day shall remain until morning.
Thou mayest not sacrifice
the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee:
You are not to sacrifice
the Passover animal in any of
the towns that
the LORD your God is giving you.
But at
the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in,
there thou shalt sacrifice
the passover at even, at
the going down of
the sun, at
the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
You must only offer
the Passover sacrifice at
the place
the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in
the evening as
the sun sets, at
the same time you departed from Egypt.
And thou shalt
roast and eat it in
the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in
the morning, and go unto thy tents.
And you shall
roast it and eat it in
the place
the LORD your God will choose, and in
the morning you shall return to your tents.
Six days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread: and on
the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to
the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work
therein.
For six days you must eat
unleavened bread, and on
the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to
the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto
thee: begin to number
the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put
the sickle to
the corn.
You are to count off seven weeks from
the time you first put
the sickle to
the standing grain.
And thou shalt keep
the feast of weeks unto
the LORD thy God with a tribute of a
freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto
the LORD thy God, according as
the LORD thy God hath blessed
thee:
And you shall
celebrate the Feast of Weeks to
the LORD your God with a
freewill offering that you give in proportion to how
the LORD your God has blessed you,
And thou shalt
rejoice before
the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy
maidservant, and
the Levite that is within thy gates, and
the stranger, and
the fatherless, and
the widow, that are among you, in
the place which
the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name
there.
and you shall
rejoice before
the LORD your God in
the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and
the Levite within your gates, as well as
the foreigner,
the fatherless, and
the widows among you.
And thou shalt remember that thou
wast a
bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do
these statutes.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
You are to
celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered
the produce of your
threshing floor and your winepress.
And thou shalt
rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy
maidservant, and
the Levite,
the stranger, and
the fatherless, and
the widow, that are within thy gates.
And you shall
rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and
the Levite, as well as
the foreigner,
the fatherless, and
the widows among you.
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto
the LORD thy God in
the place which
the LORD shall choose: because
the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thine increase, and in all
the works of thine hands,
therefore thou shalt surely
rejoice.
For seven days you shall
celebrate a feast to
the LORD your God in
the place He will choose, because
the LORD your God will
bless you in all your produce and in all
the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before
the LORD thy God in
the place which he shall choose; in
the feast of
unleavened bread, and in
the feast of weeks, and in
the feast of tabernacles: and
they shall not appear before
the LORD empty:
Three times a year all your men are to appear before
the LORD your God in
the place He will choose: at
the Feast of
Unleavened Bread,
the Feast of Weeks, and
the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before
the LORD empty-handed.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to
the blessing
the LORD your God has given you.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
You are to
appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that
the LORD your God is giving you.
They are to judge
the people with righteous judgment.
Thou shalt not
wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift
doth blind
the eyes of
the wise, and
pervert the words of
the righteous.
Do not deny justice or show
partiality. Do not accept a
bribe, for a
bribe blinds
the eyes of
the wise and twists
the words of
the righteous.
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and
inherit the land which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Thou shalt not plant
thee a
grove of any trees near unto
the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make
thee.
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
and do not set up for
yourselves a sacred
pillar, which
the LORD your God hates.
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto
the LORD thy God any
bullock, or sheep, wherein is
blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an
abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
You shall not sacrifice to
the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious
flaw, for that is
detestable to
the LORD your God.
If
there be found among you, within any of thy gates which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in
the sight of
the LORD thy God, in
transgressing his covenant,
If a man or woman among you in one of
the towns that
the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in
the sight of
the LORD your God by
transgressing His covenant
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
And it be told
thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired
diligently, and, behold, it be true, and
the thing certain, that such
abomination is wrought in Israel:
and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must
investigate it thoroughly. If
the report is true and such an
abomination has happened in Israel,
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
On
the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on
the testimony of a
lone witness.
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
The hands of
the witnesses shall be
the first in putting him to death, and after that,
the hands of all
the people. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
If
there arise a matter too hard for
thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between
plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates:
then shalt thou arise, and get
thee up into
the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose;
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether
the controversy within your gates is regarding
bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to
the place
the LORD your God will choose.
And thou shalt come unto
the priests
the Levites, and unto
the judge that shall be in those days, and
enquire; and
they shall
shew thee the sentence of judgment:
You are to go to
the Levitical priests and to
the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of
them, and
they will give you a
verdict in
the case.
And thou shalt do according to
the sentence, which
they of that place which
the LORD shall choose shall
shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that
they inform
thee:
You must
abide by
the verdict they give you at
the place
the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything
they instruct you,
According to
the sentence of
the law which
they shall teach
thee, and according to
the judgment which
they shall tell
thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from
the sentence which
they shall
shew thee, to
the right hand, nor to
the left.
according to
the terms of law
they give and
the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to
the right or to
the left from
the decision
they declare to you.
And
the man that will do
presumptuously, and will not
hearken unto
the priest that standeth to minister
there before
the LORD thy God, or unto
the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away
the evil from Israel.
But
the man who acts
presumptuously, refusing to
listen either to
the priest who stands
there to serve
the LORD your God, or to
the judge, must be put to death. You must
purge the evil from Israel.
And all
the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more
presumptuously.
Then all
the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer
behave arrogantly.
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
you are to
appoint over
yourselves the king whom
the LORD your God shall choose.
Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over
yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause
the people to return to Egypt, to
the end that he should multiply horses:
forasmuch as
the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a
scroll in
the presence of
the Levitical priests.
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from
the commandment, to
the right hand, or to
the left: to
the end that he may
prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in
the midst of Israel.
Then his heart will not be
exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from
the commandment, to
the right or to
the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
The Levitical priests—indeed
the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel.
They are to eat
the offerings made by fire to
the LORD; that is
their inheritance.
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
And this shall be
the priest’s due from
the people, from
them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and
they shall give unto
the priest
the shoulder, and
the two cheeks, and
the maw.
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and
the first of
the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
You are to give
them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and
the first wool
sheared from your flock.
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
And if a
Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
sojourned, and come with all
the desire of his mind unto
the place which
the LORD shall choose;
Now if a
Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to
the place
the LORD will choose,
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of
the sale of his
patrimony.
They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
When you enter
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you, do not
imitate the detestable ways of
the nations
there.
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire, or that useth
divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter, or a
witch,
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in
the fire, practices
divination or
conjury, interprets omens, practices
sorcery,
casts spells, consults a medium or
spiritist, or inquires of
the dead.
For all that do
these things are an
abomination unto
the LORD: and because of
these abominations
the LORD thy God
doth drive
them out from before
thee.
For
whoever does
these things is
detestable to
the LORD. And because of
these detestable things,
the LORD your God is driving out
the nations before you.
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
You must be
blameless before
the LORD your God.
For
these nations, which thou shalt possess,
hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for
thee,
the LORD thy God hath not suffered
thee so to do.
Though
these nations, which you will dispossess,
listen to conjurers and diviners,
the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from
the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall
hearken;
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must
listen to him.
According to all that thou desiredst of
the LORD thy God in
Horeb in
the day of
the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again
the voice of
the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
This is what you asked of
the LORD your God at
Horeb on
the day of
the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear
the voice of
the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever will not
hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
And I will hold accountable
anyone who does not
listen to My words that
the prophet speaks in My name.
But
the prophet, which shall
presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in
the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
But if any prophet
dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in
the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
When a prophet speaketh in
the name of
the LORD, if
the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is
the thing which
the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it
presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
When a prophet speaks in
the name of
the LORD and
the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message
the LORD has not spoken.
The prophet has spoken
presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
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;
When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
then you are to set apart for
yourselves three cities within
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
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.
You are to build roads for
yourselves and divide into three regions
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any
manslayer can
flee to
these cities.
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;
Now this is
the situation regarding
the manslayer who flees to one of
these cities to save his life, having killed his
neighbor accidentally, without intending to
harm him:
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:
If he goes into
the forest with his
neighbor to cut timber and swings his
axe to
chop down a tree, but
the blade flies off
the handle and strikes and kills his
neighbor, he may
flee to one of
these cities to save his life.
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.
Otherwise,
the avenger of blood might pursue
the manslayer in a
rage, overtake him if
the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any
harm.
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
This is why I am commanding you to set apart for
yourselves three cities.
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;
And if
the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He
swore to your fathers, and gives you all
the land He promised
them,
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:
and if you carefully keep all
these commandments I am giving you
today, loving
the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times,
then you are to add three more cities to
these three.
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.
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of
bloodshed.
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,