Verse 21
Numbers 35:21
Literal Standard Version
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or he has struck him with his hand in enmity, and he dies, the striker is certainly put to death; he is a murderer; the redeemer of blood puts the murderer to death in his coming against him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
א֣וֹ בְ/אֵיבָ֞ה הִכָּ֤ה/וּ בְ/יָד/וֹ֙ וַ/יָּמֹ֔ת מֽוֹת יוּמַ֥ת הַ/מַּכֶּ֖ה רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא גֹּאֵ֣ל הַ/דָּ֗ם יָמִ֛ית אֶת הָ/רֹצֵ֖חַ בְּ/פִגְע/וֹ בֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Or if he struck him with his hand, and he died, he shall surely be put to death; the one who strikes is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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Chapter 35 Context
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And YHWH speaks to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, near Jericho, saying,
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“Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites cities to inhabit from the inheritan...
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And the cities have been for them to inhabit, and their outskirts are for their livestock, and for t...
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And the outskirts of the cities which you give to the Levites are, from the wall of the city and out...
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And you have measured from the outside of the city: the east quarter—two thousand by the cubit, and...
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And the cities which you give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which you give for the fl...
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all the cities which you give to the Levites are forty-eight cities, them and their outskirts.
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And the cities which you give are from the possession of the sons of Israel; from the many you multi...
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you are passing over the Jordan to the...
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and have prepared cities for yourselves—they are cities of refuge to you—then a manslayer, striking...
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and the cities have been for a refuge to you from the redeemer, and the manslayer does not die until...
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As for the cities which you give, six are cities of refuge to you;
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three of the cities you give from beyond the Jordan, and three of the cities you give in the land of...
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For sons of Israel, and for a sojourner, and for a settler in their midst, are these six cities for...
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And if he has struck him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer is...
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And if he has struck him with a stone in the hand, with which he could die, and he dies, he is a mur...
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Or if he has struck him with a wooden instrument in the hand, with which he could die, and he dies,...
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The redeemer of blood puts the murderer to death himself; in his coming against him he puts him to d...
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And if he pushes him in hatred, or has cast anything at him by lying in wait, and he dies,
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or he has struck him with his hand in enmity, and he dies, the striker is certainly put to death; he...
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And if, in an instant, without enmity, he has pushed him, or has cast any instrument at him without...
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or with any stone with which he could die, without seeing, indeed, causes it to fall on him, and he...
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then the congregation has judged between the striker and the redeemer of blood by these judgments.
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And the congregation has delivered the manslayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the c...
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And if the manslayer indeed goes out from the border of the city of his refuge to where he flees,
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and the redeemer of blood has found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and...
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for he dwells in the city of his refuge until the death of the chief priest; and after the death of...
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And these things have been for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations, in all your...
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Whoever strikes a person, by the mouth of witnesses one slays the murderer; and one witness does not...
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And you take no atonement for the life of a murderer who is condemned to die, for he is certainly pu...
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and you take no atonement for him who had to flee to the city of his refuge, to return to dwell in t...
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And you do not profane the land which you are in, for blood profanes the land; as for the land, it i...
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and you do not defile the land in which you are dwelling, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, YHWH...
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