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1. When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
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1. When H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath cut off H3772 H853 the nations H1471 , whose H834 H853 land H776 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee , and thou succeedest H3423 them , and dwellest H3427 in their cities H5892 , and in their houses H1004 ;
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2. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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2. Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 cities H5892 for thee in the midst H8432 of thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it.
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3. Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
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3. Thou shalt prepare H3559 thee a way H1870 , and divide H8027 H853 the coasts H1366 of thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth thee to inherit H5157 , into three parts , that every H3605 slayer H7523 may H1961 flee H5127 thither H8033 .
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4. And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
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4. And this H2088 is the case H1697 of the slayer H7523 , which H834 shall flee H5127 thither H8033 , that he may live H2425 : Whoso H834 killeth H5221 H853 his neighbor H7453 ignorantly H1907 H1947 , whom he H1931 hated H8130 not H3808 in time H8032 past H4480 H8657 ;
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5. As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
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5. As when a man H834 goeth H935 into the wood H3293 with H854 his neighbor H7453 to hew H2404 wood H6086 , and his hand H3027 fetcheth a stroke H5080 with the axe H1631 to cut down H3772 the tree H6086 , and the head H1270 slippeth H5394 from H4480 the helve H6086 , and lighteth upon H4672 H853 his neighbor H7453 , that he die H4191 ; he H1931 shall flee H5127 unto H413 one H259 of those H428 cities H5892 , and live H2425 :
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6. Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
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6. Lest H6435 the avenger H1350 of the blood H1818 pursue H7291 H310 the slayer H7523 , while H3588 his heart H3824 is hot H3179 , and overtake H5381 him, because H3588 the way H1870 is long H7235 , and slay H5221 him H5315 ; whereas he was not H369 worthy of death H4941 H4194 , inasmuch as H3588 he H1931 hated H8130 him not H3808 in time H8032 past H4480 H8543 .
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7. Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
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7. Wherefore H5921 H3651 I H595 command H6680 thee, saying H559 , Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 cities H5892 for thee.
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8. And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
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8. And if H518 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 enlarge H7337 H853 thy coast H1366 , as H834 he hath sworn H7650 unto thy fathers H1 , and give H5414 thee H853 all H3605 the land H776 which H834 he promised H1696 to give H5414 unto thy fathers H1 ;
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9. If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
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9. If H3588 thou shalt keep H8104 H853 all H3605 these H2063 commandments H4687 to do H6213 them, which H834 I H595 command H6680 thee this day H3117 , to love H157 H853 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and to walk H1980 ever H3605 H3117 in his ways H1870 ; then shalt thou add H3254 three H7969 cities H5892 more H5750 for thee, beside H5921 these H428 three H7969 :
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10. That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
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10. That innocent H5355 blood H1818 be not H3808 shed H8210 in H7130 thy land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee for an inheritance H5159 , and so blood H1818 be H1961 upon H5921 thee.
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11. But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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11. But if H3588 any man H376 hate H1961 H8130 his neighbor H7453 , and lie in wait H693 for him , and rise up H6965 against H5921 him , and smite H5221 him mortally H5315 that he die H4191 , and fleeth H5127 into H413 one H259 of these H411 cities H5892 :
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12. Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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12. Then the elders H2205 of his city H5892 shall send H7971 and fetch H3947 him thence H4480 H8033 , and deliver H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 , that he may die H4191 .
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13. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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13. Thine eye H5869 shall not H3808 pity H2347 H5921 him , but thou shalt put away H1197 the guilt of innocent H5355 blood H1818 from Israel H4480 H3478 , that it may go well H2895 with thee.
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14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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14. Thou shalt not H3808 remove H5253 thy neighbor H7453 's landmark H1366 , which H834 they of old time H7223 have set H1379 in thine inheritance H5159 , which H834 thou shalt inherit H5157 in the land H776 that H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee to possess H3423 it.
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15. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
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15. One H259 witness H5707 shall not H3808 rise up H6965 against a man H376 for any H3605 iniquity H5771 , or for any H3605 sin H2403 , in any H3605 sin H2399 that H834 he sinneth H2398 : at H5921 the mouth H6310 of two H8147 witnesses H5707 , or H176 at H5921 the mouth H6310 of three H7969 witnesses H5707 , shall the matter H1697 be established H6965 .
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16. If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
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16. If H3588 a false H2555 witness H5707 rise up H6965 against any man H376 to testify H6030 against him that which is wrong H5627 ;
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17. Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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17. Then both H8147 the men H376 , between whom H834 the controversy H7379 is , shall stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , before H6440 the priests H3548 and the judges H8199 , which H834 shall be H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 ;
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18. And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
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18. And the judges H8199 shall make diligent inquisition H1875 H3190 : and, behold H2009 , if the witness H5707 be a false H8267 witness H5707 , and hath testified H6030 falsely H8267 against his brother H251 ;
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19. Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
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19. Then shall ye do H6213 unto him, as H834 he had thought H2161 to have done H6213 unto his brother H251 : so shalt thou put the evil away H1197 H7451 from among H4480 H7130 you.
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20. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
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20. And those which remain H7604 shall hear H8085 , and fear H3372 , and shall henceforth H3254 commit H6213 no H3808 more H5750 any H1697 such H2088 evil H7451 among H7130 you.
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21. And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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21. And thine eye H5869 shall not H3808 pity H2347 ; but life H5315 shall go for life H5315 , eye H5869 for eye H5869 , tooth H8127 for tooth H8127 , hand H3027 for hand H3027 , foot H7272 for foot H7272 .
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