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Numbers 35

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1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Moab plains by the Jordan across from Jericho:

2 Command the Israelites that they give cities from their inherited property to the Levites in which to live. You will also give the Levites pastures around their cities.

3 The cities will be theirs in which to live. Their pastures will be for their cattle, their possessions, and all their animals.

4 The pastures of the cities that you must give to the Levites will extend from the wall of the city outward for one thousand five hundred feet in all directions.

5 You will measure outside the city on the east side three thousand feet, on the south side three thousand feet, on the west side three thousand feet, and on the north side three thousand feet, with the city in the middle. These will be their cities' pastures.

6 Six of the cities that you give to the Levites will be refuge cities. You will allow the person who kills someone to flee there. In addition to these you will give them forty-two cities.

7 All the cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight, along with their pastures.

8 As for the cities that you give from the property of the Israelites, you will take more from the larger tribes and less from the smaller. Each in proportion to its inheritance will give cities to the Levites.

9 The LORD spoke to Moses:

10 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 identify for yourselves cities to be refuge cities, where a person who kills someone by accident may flee.

12 The cities will be for you a place of refuge from the close relative of the dead. The person who killed someone may not be put to death until he stands before the community for judgment.

13 You will establish six refuge cities for yourselves.

14 You will establish three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan. They will be the refuge cities.

15 These six cities will be refuge for Israelites, immigrants, and temporary residents, as a place to flee for anyone who kills a person by accident.

16 But if someone strikes a person with an iron object and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death.

17 If someone strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death.

18 Or if someone strikes with a wood object in hand that could cause death, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death.

19 The close relative responsible for the blood of the dead is the one who will put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he will execute him.

20 If in hatred someone hits another or throws something at him with premeditation, he will be put to death.

21 Or if in hostility someone strikes another with his hand and he dies, the one who struck is a murderer and he will be put to death. The close relative will put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22 But if suddenly and without hostility someone hits another or throws any object at him without premeditation,

23 or accidentally drops any stone on him that could cause death and he dies—even though they weren't enemies and no evil was intended—

24 then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws.

25 The community will protect the killer from the hand of the close relative and return him to the refuge city where he fled. He will live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with holy oil.

26 But if the killer ever goes outside the boundaries of the refuge city where he fled

27 and the close relative finds him outside the boundary of his refuge city and kills him, he will not be responsible for his blood.

28 The killer must live in his refuge city until the high priest's death. After the high priest's death the killer may return to the land he owns.

29 These will be the regulations and case laws for all time in all your settlements.

30 Anyone who kills another will be executed on the evidence of witnesses. But one witness alone cannot testify against a person for a death sentence.

31 You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death.

32 You may not accept a ransom for someone who has fled to his refuge city so that he can return and live in the land before the priest's death.

33 You may not pollute the land in which you live, for the blood pollutes the land. There can be no recovery for the land from the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

34 You will not make the land in which you live unclean, the land in the middle of which I reside, for I the LORD reside among the Israelites.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Then God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho:

2 "Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns.

3 Then they will be well taken care of with towns to live in and pastures for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

4 "The pasture surrounding the Levites' towns is to extend 1,500 feet in each direction from the city wall.

5 The outside borders of the pasture are to measure three thousand feet on each of the four sides - east, south, west, and north - with the town at the center. Each city will be supplied with pasture.

6 "Six of these towns that you give the Levites will be asylum-cities to which anyone who accidentally kills another person may flee for asylum. In addition, you will give them forty-two other towns -

7 forty-eight towns in all, together with their pastures.

8 The towns that you give the Levites from the common inheritance of the People of Israel are to be taken in proportion to the size of each tribe - many towns from a tribe that has many, few from a tribe that has few."

9 God spoke to Moses:

10 "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you cross the River Jordan into the country of Canaan,

11 designate your asylum-cities, towns to which a person who accidentally kills someone can flee for asylum.

12 They will be places of refuge from the avenger so that the alleged murderer won't be killed until he can appear before the community in court.

13 Provide six asylum-cities.

14 Designate three of the towns to the east side of the Jordan, the other three in Canaan proper - asylum-cities

15 for the People of Israel, for the foreigner, and for any occasional visitors or guests - six asylum-cities to run to for anyone who accidentally kills another.

16 "But if the killer has used an iron object, that's just plain murder; he's obviously a murderer and must be put to death.

17 "Or if he has a rock in his hand big enough to kill and the man dies, that's murder; he's a murderer and must be put to death.

18 "Or if he's carrying a wooden club heavy enough to kill and the man dies, that's murder; he's a murderer and must be put to death.

19 "In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he meets him - he can kill him on the spot.

20 "And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush throws something at him and he dies,

21 or angrily hits him with his fist and kills him, that's murder - he must be put to death. The avenger has a right to kill him when he gets him.

22 "If, however, he impulsively pushes someone and there is no history of hard feelings, or he impetuously picks up something and throws it,

23 or he accidentally drops a stone tool - a maul or hammer, say - and it hits and kills someone he didn't even know was there, and there's no suspicion that there was bad blood between them,

24 the community is to judge between the killer and the avenger following these guidelines.

25 It's the task of the community to save the killer from the hand of the avenger - the community is to return him to his asylum-city to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the High Priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 But if the murderer leaves the asylum-city to which he has fled,

27 and the avenger finds him outside the borders of his asylum-city, the avenger has a right to kill the murderer. And he's not considered guilty of murder.

28 "So it's important that he stay in his asylum-city until the death of the High Priest. After the death of the High Priest he is free to return to his own place.

29 "These are the procedures for making judgments from now on, wherever you live.

30 "Anyone who kills another may be executed only on the testimony of eyewitnesses. But no one can be executed on the testimony of only one witness.

31 "Don't accept bribe money in exchange for the life of a murderer. He's guilty and deserves the death penalty. Put him to death.

32 "And don't accept bribe money for anyone who has fled to an asylum-city so as to permit him to go back and live in his own place before the death of the High Priest.

33 "Don't pollute the land in which you live. Murder pollutes the land. The land can't be cleaned up of the blood of murder except through the blood of the murderer.

34 "Don't desecrate the land in which you live. I live here too - I, God, live in the same neighborhood with the People of Israel."