1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.
5 And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.
6 And {among} the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites {shall be} the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, -and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:
7 all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.
9 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.
12 And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.
13 And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.
14 Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.
16 And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
17 And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
18 Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
19 the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
20 And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,
21 or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. -
22 But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,
23 or {have smitten him} with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;
25 and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,
27 and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;
28 for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.
29 And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
31 And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
1 耶和华在耶利哥对面， 约旦河边的摩押平原， 对摩西说：
2 "你要吩咐以色列人， 叫他们从所得为业的地中， 把一些城给利未人居住， 也把这些城周围的郊区给利未人。
3 这些城要归他们居住， 城的郊区可以牧放他们的牛羊和一切牲畜， 也可以存放他们的财物。
4 "你们给利未人的城郊， 要从城墙起， 周围向外量四百五十公尺。
5 你们又要从城外， 向东面量九百公尺， 向南面量九百公尺， 向西面量九百公尺， 向北面量九百公尺， 城在中间； 这要归给他们作城外的郊区。
6 你们分给利未人的城， 其中要有六座避难城， 让误杀人的可以逃到那里去， 此外还要给他们四十二座城。
7 这样， 你们所要给利未人的城， 共为四十八座， 连城带城郊都要给他们。
8 从以色列人所得的地业中， 你们要把一些城给利未人， 人多的就要多给， 人少的就要少给； 每个支派要照着自己承受的产业， 把城分给利未人。"
9 耶和华对摩西说：
10 "你要吩咐以色列人说： ‘你们过约旦河， 进到迦南地的时候，
11 就要选择几座城， 给你们作避难城， 让误杀人的， 就是无心杀死人的， 可以逃到那里。
12 它们可以作你们逃避报仇者的避难城， 使误杀人的不至于死， 直到他站在会众面前受审判。
13 你们指定的城， 要给你们作六座避难城。
14 在约旦河东面， 你们要分出三座城； 在迦南地， 你们也要分出三座城， 都要作避难城。
15 这六座城要给以色列人和外族人， 以及他们中间居住的人作避难城， 使无心杀人的人， 都可以逃到那里去。
16 "‘如果人用铁器打人， 以致把人打死， 他就是故意杀人的； 故意杀人的必被处死。
17 如果人手里拿着可以打死人的石头打人， 以致把人打死， 他就是故意杀人的； 故意杀人的必被处死。
18 如果人手里拿着可以打死人的木器打人， 以致把人打死， 他就是故意杀人的； 故意杀人的必被处死。
19 报血仇的， 要亲自把那故意杀人的杀死； 一遇见他， 就可以杀死他。
20 如果人因怀恨把人推倒， 或是埋伏着向人扔东西， 以致把人打死；
21 或者因仇恨用手打人， 以致把人打死； 那打人的， 必被处死， 因为他是故意杀人的； 报血仇的一遇见凶手， 就可以杀死他。
22 "‘但是， 如果人没有仇恨， 忽然把人推倒， 或是无意向人投掷什么器皿，
23 或是因为没有看见， 用任何可以打死人的石头， 扔在人身上， 以致把人打死， 他本来与他无仇， 也无意害他；
24 这样， 会众就要照着典章， 在打死人的和报血仇的人中间施行裁判。
25 会众要把误杀人的， 从报血仇的人手中救出来； 他要住在城中， 直到受膏的大祭司死了。
26 但误杀人的， 若是出了他逃进的避难城的境界，
27 报血仇的在避难城境外遇着他， 把他杀了， 报血仇的就没有犯流人血的罪。
28 因为那误杀人的应该住在避难城中， 直到大祭司死了； 大祭司死了以后， 那误杀人的才可以回到他自己地业去。
29 "‘这在你们一切居住的地方， 要作你们世世代代的律例典章。
30 杀人的， 要凭着几个见证人的口供， 才可以把他处死； 如果只有一个见证人， 就不能指证把人处死。
31 犯了死罪， 故意杀人的， 你们不可收取赎价代他赎命， 因为他必被处死。
32 逃到避难城的人， 你们也不可收取他的赎价， 使他在大祭司未死以前回到本地居住。
33 这样， 你们就没有玷污你们居住的地， 因为血能玷污地； 在地上如果有流人血的， 除非流那故意杀人者的血， 那地的血就不能得赎。
34 你们不可玷污你所住的地， 就是我居住的地， 因为我耶和华是居住在以色列人中间的。’"