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  20:1 ¶
And the Lord spoke to Joshua{gr.Jesus}, saying, |
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20:1 ¶
Yahweh°
also spake°°
unto°
Joshua,°
saying,°° |
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20:2
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, [of] which I spoke to you by Mosheh{gr.Moses}. |
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20:2
Speak°°
to°
the children°
of Israel,°
saying,°°
Appoint°
out°°
for you°
cities°
of refuge,°
whereof°
I spake°°
unto°
you by the hand°
of Moses:° |
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20:3
[Even] a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgement. |
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20:3
That the slayer°°
that killeth°°
[any] person°
unawares°
[and] unwittingly°°
may flee°°
thither:°
and they shall be°
your refuge°
from the avenger°°°
of blood.° |
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20:4
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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20:4
And when he that doth flee°°
unto°
one°
of those°
cities°°
shall stand°°
at the entering°
of the gate°
of the city,°
and shall declare°°°
his cause°
in the ears°
of the elders°
of that°
city,°
they shall take°°
him into the city°
unto them, and give°°°
him a place,°
that he may dwell°°
among°
them. |
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20:5
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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20:5
And if°
the avenger°°
of blood°
pursue°°
after°
him, then they shall not°
deliver°°°
the slayer°°
up into his hand;°
because°
he smote°°°
his neighbour°
unwittingly,°°
and hated°°
him not°
beforetime.°° |
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20:6
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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20:6
And he shall dwell°°
in that°
city,°
until°
he stand°°
before°
the congregation°
for judgment,°
[and] until°
the death°
of the high°
priest°
that°
shall be°
in those°
days:°
then°
shall the slayer°°
return,°°
and come°°
unto°
his own city,°
and unto°
his own house,°
unto°
the city°
from whence°°°
he fled.°° |
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20:7 ¶
And Joshua{gr.Jesus} separated Kadesh{gr.Cades} in Galilee in the mount Naphtali{gr.Nephthali}, and Shechem{gr.Sychem} in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Hebron{gr.Chebron}, in the mountain of Judah{gr.Juda}. |
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20:7 ¶
And they appointed°°°
Kedesh°
in Galilee°
in mount°
Naphtali,°
and Shechem°
in mount°
Ephraim,°
and Kirjatharba,°
which°
[is] Hebron,°
in the mountain°
of Judah.° |
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20:8
And beyond Jordan he appointed Bezer{gr.Bosor} in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben{gr.Ruben}, and Aremoth in Gilead{gr.Galaad} out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Bashan{gr.Basan} out of the tribe of Manasseh{gr.Manasse}. |
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20:8
And on the other side°°
Jordan°
by Jericho°
eastward,°
they assigned°°°
Bezer°
in the wilderness°
upon the plain°
out of the tribe°°
of Reuben,°
and Ramoth°
in Gilead°
out of the tribe°°
of Gad,°
and Golan°
in Bashan°
out of the tribe°°
of Manasseh.° |
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20:9
These [were] the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgement. |
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20:9
These°
were°
the cities°
appointed°
for all°
the children°
of Israel,°
and for the stranger°
that sojourneth°°
among°
them, that whosoever°
killeth°°
[any] person°
at unawares°
might flee°°
thither,°
and not°
die°°
by the hand°
of the avenger°°
of blood,°
until°
he stood°°
before°
the congregation.° |
