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;
possess
κατακληρονομήσητε
kataklēronomēsēte
Thou shalt separate
three
cities
for thee in the midst
of thy land,
which the LORD
thy God
giveth
thee to possess
it.
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.
aim at
στόχασαί
stochasai
divide into three parts
τριμεριεῖς
trimerieis
cut in pieces
καταμερίζει
katamerizei
refuge
καταφυγὴ
kataphygē
slayer
φονευτῇ
phoneutē
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;
ordinance
πρόσταγμα
prostagma
slayer
φονευτοῦ
phoneutou
involuntarily
ἀκουσίως
akousiōs
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:
thicket
δρυμὸν
drymon
knock out
ἐκκρουσθῇ
ekkrousthē
implement
σιδήριον
sidērion
luck
τύχῃ
tychē
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.
next of kin
ἀγχιστεύων
anchisteuōn
heat to excess
παρατεθέρμανται
paratethermantai
Wherefore I command
thee, saying,
Thou shalt separate
three
cities
for thee.
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;
widen
ἐμπλατύνῃ
emplatynē
say
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:
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.
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:
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.
next of kin
ἀγχιστεύοντι
anchisteuonti
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.
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.
possess
κατεκληρονομήθης
kateklēronomēthēs
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.
If a false
witness
rise up
against any man
to testify
against him that which is wrong;
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;
And the judges
shall make diligent
inquisition:
and, behold, if the witness
be a false
witness,
and hath testified
falsely
against his brother;
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.
And those which remain
shall hear,
and fear,
and shall henceforth
commit
no more any
such evil
among
you.
And thine eye
shall not pity;
but life
shall go for life,
eye
for eye,
tooth
for tooth,
hand
for hand,
foot
for foot.
