Numbers 35 NLT ISV Parallel

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1While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

1The LORD told Moses in the wilderness of Moab, beside the Jordan River near Jericho,

2“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands.

2"Instruct the Israelis to set aside a portion of their inheritance for the descendants of Levi to live in, along with grazing land surrounding their towns.

3These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.

3The towns are to be reserved for their dwelling places and the grazing lands are to be reserved for their cattle, livestock, and all their animals.

4The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town walls in every direction.

4The grazing lands that you are to reserve for use by the descendants of Levi are to extend 1,000 cubits from the walls of the town.

5Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction—east, south, west, north—with the town at the center. This area will serve as the larger pastureland for the towns.

5You are to measure from outside the wall of the town on the east side 2,000 cubits, on the south side 2,000 cubits, on the west side 2,000 cubits, and on the north side 2,000 cubits, with the town placed at the center. This reserved area is to serve as grazing land for their towns.

6“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

6You are to set aside six towns of refuge from the towns that you will be giving to the descendants of Levi, where someone who kills a human being may run for shelter. In addition, give them 42 other towns.

7In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.

7The total number of towns that you are to give to the descendants of Levi is to be 48 towns, including grazing lands surrounding these towns.

8These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more towns to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer. Each tribe will give property in proportion to the size of its land.” Cities of Refuge

8You are to apportion the towns that you will be giving the Israelis according to the relative size of the tribe. Take a larger portion from those larger in number and a lesser portion from those fewer in number. Each is to set aside towns for the descendants of Levi proportional to the size of their inheritance that they receive."

9The LORD said to Moses,

9Then the LORD told Moses,

10“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

10"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

11designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.

11they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.

12These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

12They are to serve as cities of refuge from a blood avenger in order to keep the inadvertent killer from dying until he has stood trial in the presence of the community.

13Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,

13You are to set aside six towns of refuge.

14three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.

14Appoint three towns this side of the Jordan River and three towns in the land of Canaan to serve as the towns of refuge,

15These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.

15that is, places of refuge for the Israelis, the resident alien, and any travelers among them. Anyone who kills a person inadvertently may flee there."

16“But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed.

16"Whoever uses an iron implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

17Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.

17Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

18Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.

18Also, whoever uses a wooden implement to kill someone with it is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.

19The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.

19The blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

20So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.

20If the killer shoved his victim out of hatred, or hurled something at him while waiting in ambush so that he died,

21Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.

21or if he struck him with his hand out of hatred so that he died, then the killer is certainly to be put to death for murder. The avenger of blood is to put him to death when he meets him."

22“But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,

22"But if he pushed him suddenly without hatred, or if he hurled something in his direction without waiting in ambush,

23or accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.

23or if he hit him with a stone carelessly so that he was fatally injured, though he isn't his enemy and he wasn't seeking to commit evil against him,

24If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim’s nearest relative:

24then the community is to judge between the inadvertent killer and the blood avenger, following these ordinances.

25The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

25The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil.

26“But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,

26But if the inadvertent killer leaves the town of refuge where he had fled

27and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.

27and the blood avenger finds him outside the town of refuge where he had fled and kills him, the blood avenger is not to be found guilty of murder.

28The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

28The inadvertent killer is to live in the town of refuge until the High Priest dies. After the death of the High Priest, the inadvertent killer is to return to the land of his inheritance.

29These are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may live.

29These are to be the statutes and ordinances for you throughout all your generations, regardless of where you live."

30“All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

30"Every murderer of a human being is to be executed only according to testimony given by multiple witnesses. A single witness is not to result in a death sentence.

31Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.

31You are to receive no ransom for the life of a killer who is guilty of murder; instead, he is to die.

32And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.

32You are not to receive payment of a ransom for someone who had fled to a town of refuge but then left to live in his homeland before the death of the high priest.

33This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.

33You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.

34You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among the people of Israel.”

34You are not to defile the land where you will be living, because I'm living among you. I am the LORD, who lives in Israel."

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