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Numbers 35 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - 'Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3 - And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - 'And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites are, from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city is in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities.

Cities of Refuge

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - 'And the cities which ye give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - all the cities which ye give to the Levites are forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And the cities which ye give are of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'
(Deu 19:1–13; Jos 20:1–9 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:9 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:10 - 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - 'As to the cities which ye give -- six are cities of refuge to you;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - 'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - 'And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - 'Or with a wooden instrument in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - 'The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - 'And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast anything at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he is a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - 'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth it to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he is not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - 'And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - 'And if the man-slayer at all go out from the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - 'And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth one slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - 'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who is condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - 'And ye profane not the land which ye are in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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