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

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Cities for the Levites

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 that they give H5414 to the Levites H3881 from the inheritance H5159 of their possession H272 cities H5892 to live H3427 in; and you shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 pasture H4054 lands H4054 around H5439 the cities H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3 - “The cities H5892 shall be theirs H1992 to live H3427 in; and their pasture H4054 lands H4054 shall be for their cattle H929 and for their equipment H7399 and for all H3605 their other animals H2416.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 -

“The pasture H4054 lands H4054 of the cities H5892 which H834 you are to give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall extend from the wall H7023 of the city H5892 [fn]outward H2351 a thousand H505 cubits H520 around H5439.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure H4058 outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 on the east H6924 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, on the south H5045 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, on the west H3220 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, and on the north H6828 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, with the city H5892 in the center H8432. This H2088 shall become H1961 theirs H1992 as pasture H4054 lands H4054 for the cities H5892.

Cities of Refuge

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “The cities H5892 which H834 you shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall be the six H8337 cities H5892 of refuge H4733, which H834 you shall provide H5414 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 to flee H5127 to; and in H5921 addition H5921 to H5921 them you shall give H5414 forty-two H705 H8147 cities H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - “The total H3605 number of the cities H5892 which H834 you are to give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall be forty-eight H705 H8083 cities H5892, [fn]together with their pasture H4054 lands H4054.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “As for the cities H5892 which H834 you shall give H5414 them from the possession H272 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, you shall take H7235 more H7235 from the larger H7227, and you shall take H4591 fewer H4591 from the smaller H4592; each H376 shall give H5414 some H4480 of his cities H5892 to the Levites H3881 in proportion H6310 to his inheritance H5159 which H834 he possesses H5157.”
(Deu 19:1–13; Jos 20:1–9 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:9 -

Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:10 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you cross H5674 the Jordan H3383 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select H7136 for yourselves cities H5892 to be your cities H5892 of refuge H4733, so that the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 by [fn]killing H5221 a person H5315 unintentionally H7684 may flee H5127 there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘The cities H5892 shall [fn]serve you as a refuge H4733 from the avenger H1350, so that the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 does not die H4191 until H5704 he stands H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 for [fn]trial H4941.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - ‘So the cities H5892 which H834 you are to provide H5414 shall be six H8337 cities H5892 of refuge H4733 for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall provide H5414 three H7969 cities H5892 across H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383, and three H7969 cities H5892 [fn]in the land H776 of Canaan H3667; they are to be cities H5892 of refuge H4733.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These H428 six H8337 cities H5892 shall be a refuge H4733 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, for the stranger H1616, and for the foreign H8453 resident H8453 among H8432 them; so that anyone H3605 who [fn]kills H5221 a person H5315 unintentionally H7684 may flee H5127 there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 -

‘But if H518 he struck H5221 him with an iron H1270 object H3627, so that he died H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - ‘And if H518 he struck H5221 him with a stone H68 in the hand H3027, by which H834 he would die H4191, and as a result he did die H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or H176 if he struck H5221 him with a wooden H6086 object H3627 in the hand H3027, by which H834 he would die H4191, and as a result he did die H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - ‘The blood H1818 avenger H1350 himself H1931 shall put H4191 the murderer H7523 to H4191 death H4191; he himself shall put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 when he meets H6293 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - ‘Now if H518 he pushed H1920 him in hatred H8135, or H176 he threw H7993 something at him [fn]with malicious H6660 intent H6660, and as a result he died H4191,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or H176 if he struck H5221 him with his hand H3027 with hostility H342, and as a result he died H4191, the one who struck H5221 him must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; he is a murderer H7523. The blood H1818 avenger H1350 shall put H4191 the murderer H7523 to H4191 death H4191 when he meets H6293 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 -

‘But if H518 he pushed H1920 him suddenly H6621, without H3808 hostility H342, or H176 threw H7993 any H3605 object H3627 at him without H3808 [fn]malicious H6660 intent H6660,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or H176 had any H3605 [fn]deadly H834 H4191 stone H68, and without H3808 looking H7200 he dropped H5307 it on him so that he died H4191, while he was not his enemy H340 nor H3808 was he seeking H1245 [fn]to harm H7451 him,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation H5712 shall judge H8199 between H996 the one who fatally H5221 struck H5221 the victim and the blood H1818 avenger H1350 in H5921 accordance H5921 with H5921 these H428 ordinances H4941.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘And the congregation H5712 shall save H5337 the one who committed H7523 manslaughter H7523 from the hand H3027 of the blood H1818 avenger H1350, and the congregation H5712 shall return H7725 him to his city H5892 of refuge H4733 to which H834 he fled H5127; and he shall live H3427 in it until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 who H834 was anointed H4886 with the holy H6944 oil H8081.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if H518 at H3318 any H3318 time H3318 [fn]he goes H3318 beyond H3318 the border H1366 of his city H5892 of refuge H4733 to which H834 he flees H5127,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood H1818 avenger H1350 finds H4672 him outside H4480 H2351 the border H1366 of his city H5892 of refuge H4733, and the blood H1818 avenger H1350 kills H7523 [fn]him, he [fn]will not be guilty of bloodshed H1818,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because H3588 he should have remained H3427 in his city H5892 of refuge H4733 until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548. But after H310 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 the one who committed H7523 manslaughter H7523 may return H7725 to the land H776 of his property H272.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 -

‘These H428 things H428 shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance H4941 for you throughout your generations H1755 in all H3605 your dwelling H4186 places H4186.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 -

If anyone H3605 kills H5221 a person H5315, the murderer H7523 shall be put H7523 to H7523 death H7523 on the [fn]testimony H6310 of witnesses H5707, but no H3808 person H5315 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 on H6030 the H6030 testimony H6030 of only one H259 witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover, you shall not accept H3947 a ransom H3724 for the life H5315 of a murderer H7523 who H834 is [fn]condemned H7563 to death H4191, but he must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘And you shall not accept H3947 a ransom H3724 for one who has fled H5127 to his city H5892 of refuge H4733, so that he may return H7725 to live H3427 in the land H776 [fn]before H5704 the death H4194 of the priest H3548.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - ‘So you shall not defile H2610 the land H776 in which H834 you live; for blood H1818 defiles H2610 the land H776, and no H3808 atonement H3722 can be made H3722 for the land H776 for the blood H1818 that is shed H8210 on it, except H3588 H518 by the blood H1818 of the one who shed H8210 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - ‘So you shall not defile H2930 the land H776 in which H834 you live H3427, in the midst H8432 of which H834 I dwell H7931; for I the LORD H3068 am dwelling H7931 in the midst H8432 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.’”
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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