Verse 9

Numbers 35:9

Free Bible Version

9 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When you cross over the Jordan into Canaan,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּ/אמֹֽר

English Translation

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.

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Chapter 35 Context

1 The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho. He told him, Focus ↗

2 “Order the Israelites to provide from their land allocation towns for the Levites to live in and pas... Focus ↗

3 The towns are for them to live in, and the pastures will be for their herds and their flocks—for all... Focus ↗

4 Measure two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on... Focus ↗

5 Six of the towns you give the Levites are to be sanctuary towns, where a person who kills someone ca... Focus ↗

6 The total number of towns you are to give the Levites is forty-eight, along with their pastures. Focus ↗

7 The towns that you allocate to be given to the Levites from the territory of the Israelites will be... Focus ↗

8 The Lord told Moses, Focus ↗

9 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When you cross over the Jordan into Canaan,

10 choose towns as your sanctuary towns, so a person who kills someone by mistake may run there. Focus ↗

11 These towns will be for you places of sanctuary from those seeking revenge, so that the killer will... Focus ↗

12 These six cities will be places of sanctuary for the Israelites and for foreigners or settlers among... Focus ↗

13 But if anyone deliberately hits someone with something made of iron and kills them, that person is a... Focus ↗

14 If anyone picks up something made of stone that could be used as a weapon and hits someone with it,... Focus ↗

15 If anyone picks up something made of wood that could be used as a weapon and hits someone with it, a... Focus ↗

16 The avenger is to execute the murderer. When he finds the murderer, he is to kill him. Focus ↗

17 Similarly, if anyone hates someone and knocks them down or deliberately throws something at them, an... Focus ↗

18 or if someone hits another with his hand and they die, the one who hit him must be executed because... Focus ↗

19 But if anyone knocks someone else down without meaning to and without hating them, or throws somethi... Focus ↗

20 or carelessly drops a heavy stone that kills them, but not as an enemy or intending to harm them, Focus ↗

21 The court is to protect the killer from being attacked by the avenger and must return him to the san... Focus ↗

22 But if the killer ever leaves the limits of the sanctuary town where he ran to, Focus ↗

23 and the avenger finds him outside his sanctuary town and kills him, then the avenger will not be gui... Focus ↗

24 because the killer has to stay in his sanctuary town until the death of the high priest. Only after... Focus ↗

25 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be executed based on the evidence given by witnesses, p... Focus ↗

26 You are not to accept payment instead of executing a murderer who has been found guilty—they must be... Focus ↗

27 Don't pollute the land where you live because bloodshed pollutes the land, and the land where blood... Focus ↗

28 Don't make the land impure where you live because I live there too. I am the Lord, and I live with t... Focus ↗

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