-
Cities of Refuge
-
|Deuteronômio 19:1| "When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:2| you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you to possess.
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:3| You shall prepare the roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God will give you as a possession, so that any manslayer may flee there.
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:4| "Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously-
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:5| as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies-he may flee to one of these cities and live;
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:6| otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:7| Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.'
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:8| "If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers-
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:9| if you carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in His ways always-then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.
-
-
-
|Deuteronômio 19:10| So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.
-
-
Português
Italiano
Espanhol
Inglês
Francês
Árabe
Mandarim
Hindu
Alemão
New American Standard Bible
