- Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
- "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'Designate the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
- that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- 'He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.
- 'Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.
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- 耶和華曉諭約書亞說、
- 你吩咐以色列人說、你們要照著我藉摩西所曉諭你們的、為自己設立逃城.
- 使那無心而誤殺人的、可以逃到那裡.這些城可以作你們逃避報血仇人的地方。
- 那殺人的要逃到這些城中的一座城、站在城門口、將他的事情說給城內的長老們聽.他們就把他收進城裡、給他地方、使他住在他們中間。
- 若是報血仇的追了他來、長老不可將他交在報血仇的手裡.因為他是素無仇恨、無心殺了人的.
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