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Numbers 35 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Cities for the Levites

Num 35:1

Num 35:1

Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Num 35:2

Num 35:2“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.

Num 35:3

Num 35:3“The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their equipment and for all their other animals.

Num 35:4

Num 35:4

“The pasture lands of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city [fn]outward a thousand cubits around.

Num 35:5

Num 35:5“You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

Cities of Refuge

Num 35:6

Num 35:6“The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

Num 35:7

Num 35:7“The total number of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, [fn]together with their pasture lands.

Num 35:8

Num 35:8“As for the cities which you shall give them from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger, and you shall take fewer from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his inheritance which he possesses.”

Num 35:9

Num 35:9

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Num 35:10

Num 35:10“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Num 35:11

Num 35:11then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, so that the one who commits manslaughter by [fn]killing a person unintentionally may flee there.

Num 35:12

Num 35:12‘The cities shall [fn]serve you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who commits manslaughter does not die until he stands before the congregation for [fn]trial.

Num 35:13

Num 35:13‘So the cities which you are to provide shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Num 35:14

Num 35:14‘You shall provide three cities across the Jordan, and three cities [fn]in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.

Num 35:15

Num 35:15‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the sons of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreign resident among them; so that anyone who [fn]kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

Num 35:16

Num 35:16

‘But if he struck him with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Num 35:17

Num 35:17‘And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Num 35:18

Num 35:18‘Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Num 35:19

Num 35:19‘The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he himself shall put him to death when he meets him.

Num 35:20

Num 35:20‘Now if he pushed him in hatred, or he threw something at him [fn]with malicious intent, and as a result he died,

Num 35:21

Num 35:21or if he struck him with his hand with hostility, and as a result he died, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Num 35:22

Num 35:22

‘But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or threw any object at him without [fn]malicious intent,

Num 35:23

Num 35:23or had any [fn]deadly stone, and without looking he dropped it on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor was he seeking [fn]to harm him,

Num 35:24

Num 35:24then the congregation shall judge between the one who fatally struck the victim and the blood avenger in accordance with these ordinances.

Num 35:25

Num 35:25‘And the congregation shall save the one who committed manslaughter from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall return him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Num 35:26

Num 35:26‘But if at any time [fn]he goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he flees,

Num 35:27

Num 35:27and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills [fn]him, he [fn]will not be guilty of bloodshed,

Num 35:28

Num 35:28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the one who committed manslaughter may return to the land of his property.

Num 35:29

Num 35:29

‘These things shall be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

Num 35:30

Num 35:30

‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the [fn]testimony of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

Num 35:31

Num 35:31‘Moreover, you shall not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is [fn]condemned to death, but he must be put to death.

Num 35:32

Num 35:32‘And you shall not accept a ransom for one who has fled to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in the land [fn]before the death of the priest.

Num 35:33

Num 35:33‘So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Num 35:34

Num 35:34‘So you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit and outward
Lit them together with
Lit fatally striking
Lit be to you
Lit judgment
Lit you shall give in
Lit strikes
Lit in pursuit
Lit pursuit
Lit stone by which he would die
Lit his harm
Lit the one who committed manslaughter
Lit the one who committed manslaughter
Lit he has no bloodguilt
Lit mouth
Lit guilty
Or until
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