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Joshua Chapter 20

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1. The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

1 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל ־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר ׃

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:

2 דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל ־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר תְּנ֤וּ לָכֶם֙ אֶת ־עָרֵ֣י הַמִּקְלָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר ־דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיַד ־מֹשֶֽׁה ׃

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.

3 לָנ֥וּס שָׁ֙מָּה֙ רוֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה ־נֶ֥פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה בִּבְלִי ־דָ֑עַת וְהָי֤וּ לָכֶם֙ לְמִקְלָ֔ט מִגֹּאֵ֖ל הַדָּֽם ׃

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.

4 וְנָ֞ס אֶל ־אַחַ֣ת ׀ מֵהֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְעָמַד֙ פֶּ֚תַח שַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֔יר וְדִבֶּ֛ר בְּאָזְנֵ֛י זִקְנֵ֥י ־הָעִֽיר הַהִ֖יא אֶת ־דְּבָרָ֑יו וְאָסְפ֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ הָעִ֙ירָה֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְנָתְנוּ ־ל֥וֹ מָק֖וֹם וְיָשַׁ֥ב עִמָּֽם ׃

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.

5 וְכִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא ־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת ־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּיָד֑וֹ כִּ֤י בִבְלִי ־דַ֙עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת ־רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְלֹֽא ־שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם ׃

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.

6 וְיָשַׁ֣ב ׀ בָּעִ֣יר הַהִ֗יא עַד ־עָמְד֞וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י הָֽעֵדָה֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט עַד ־מוֹת֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם אָ֣ז ׀ יָשׁ֣וּב הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ וּבָ֤א אֶל ־עִירוֹ֙ וְאֶל ־בֵּית֔וֹ אֶל ־הָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר ־נָ֥ס מִשָּֽׁם ׃

7. And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

7 וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ אֶת ־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת ־שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת ־קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה ׃

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.

8 וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר לְיַרְדֵּ֤ן יְרִיחוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה נָתְנ֞וּ אֶת ־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַּמִּישֹׁ֖ר מִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן וְאֶת ־רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ מִמַּטֵּה ־גָ֔ד וְאֶת ־גלון בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן מִמַּטֵּ֥ה מְנַשֶּֽׁה ׃

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.

9 אֵ֣לֶּה הָיוּ֩ עָרֵ֨י הַמּֽוּעָדָ֜ה לְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְלַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם לָנ֣וּס שָׁ֔מָּה כָּל ־מַכֵּה ־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְלֹ֣א יָמ֗וּת בְּיַד֙ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם עַד ־עָמְד֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָֽה ׃פ