Dual Panel1"When<3588> the LORD<3068> your God<430> cuts<3772> off<3772> the nations<1471>, whose<834> land<776> the LORD<3068> your God<430> gives<5414> you, and you dispossess<3423> them and settle<3427> in their cities<5892> and in their houses<1004>,
2you shall set<914> aside<914> three<7969> cities<5892> for yourself in the midst<8432> of your land<776>, which<834> the LORD<3068> your God<430> gives<5414> you to possess<3423>.
3"You shall prepare<3559> the roads<1870> for yourself, and divide<8027> into three<8027> parts<8027> the territory<1366> of your land<776> which<834> the LORD<3068> your God<430> will give<5157> you as a possession<5157>, so that any<3605> manslayer<7523> may flee<5127> there<8033>.
4"Now this<2088> is the case<1697> of the manslayer<7523> who<834> may flee<5127> there<8033> and live<2421>: when<834> he kills<5221> his friend<7453> unintentionally<1847><1097>, not hating<8130> him previously<8543><8032>--
5as when<834> a man goes<935> into the forest<3293> with his friend<7453> to cut<2404> wood<6086>, and his hand<3027> swings<5080> the axe<1631> to cut<3772> down<3772> the tree<6086>, and the iron<1270> head slips<5394> off<5394> the handle<6086> and strikes<4672> his friend<7453> so that he dies<4191>--he may flee<5127> to one<259> of these<428> cities<5892> and live<2421>;
6otherwise<6435> the avenger<1350> of blood<1818> might pursue<7291> the manslayer<7523> in the heat<2552> of his anger<3824>, and overtake<5381> him, because<3588> the way<1870> is long<7235>, and take<5221> his life<5315>, though he was not deserving<4941> of death<4194>, since<3588> he had not hated<8130> him previously<8543><8032>.
7"Therefore<5921><3651>, I command<6680> you, saying<559>, 'You shall set<914> aside<914> three<7969> cities<5892> for yourself.'
8"If<518> the LORD<3068> your God<430> enlarges<7337> your territory<1366>, just<3512> as He has sworn<7650> to your fathers<1>, and gives<5414> you all<3605> the land<776> which<834> He promised<1696> to give<5414> your fathers<1>--
9if<3588> you carefully<6213> observe<8104> all<3605> this<2088> commandment<4687> which<834> I command<6680> you today<3117>, to love<157> the LORD<3068> your God<430>, and to walk<1980> in His ways<1870> always<3605><3117>--then you shall add<3254> three<7969> more<5750> cities<5892> for yourself, besides<5921> these<428> three<7969>.
10"So innocent<5355> blood<1818> will not be shed<8210> in the midst<7130> of your land<776> which<834> the LORD<3068> your God<430> gives<5414> you as an inheritance<5159>, and bloodguiltiness<1818> be on you.
11"But if<3588> there is a man<376> who hates<8130> his neighbor<7453> and lies<693> in wait<693> for him and rises<6965> up against<5921> him and strikes<5221> him so that he dies<4191>, and he flees<5127> to one<259> of these<411> cities<5892>,
12then the elders<2205> of his city<5892> shall send<7971> and take<3947> him from there<8033> and deliver<5414> him into the hand<3027> of the avenger<1350> of blood<1818>, that he may die<4191>.
13"You shall not pity<2347> him, but you shall purge<1197> the blood<1818> of the innocent<5355> from Israel<3478>, that it may go<2895> well<2895> with you.
14"You shall not move<5472> your neighbor's<7453> boundary<1366> mark, which<834> the ancestors<7223> have set<1379>, in your inheritance<5159> which<834> you will inherit<5157> in the land<776> that the LORD<3068> your God<430> gives<5414> you to possess<3423>.
15"A single<259> witness<5707> shall not rise<6965> up against a man<376> on account of any<3605> iniquity<5771> or any<3605> sin<2399> which<834> he has committed<2398>; on the evidence<6310> of two<8147> or<176> three<7969> witnesses<5707> a matter<1697> shall be confirmed<6965>.
16"If<3588> a malicious<2555> witness<5707> rises<6965> up against a man<376> to accuse<6030> him of wrongdoing<5627>,
17then both<8147> the men<376> who<834> have the dispute<7379> shall stand<5975> before<6440> the LORD<3068>, before<6440> the priests<3548> and the judges<8199> who<834> will be in office in those<1992> days<3117>.
18"The judges<8199> shall investigate<1875> thoroughly<3190>, and if<2009> the witness<5707> is a false<8267> witness<5707> and he has accused<6030> his brother<251> falsely<8267>,
19then you shall do<6213> to him just<3512> as he had intended<2161> to do<6213> to his brother<251>. Thus you shall purge<1197> the evil<7451> from among<7130> you.
20"The rest<7604> will hear<8085> and be afraid<3372>, and will never<3808> again<5750><3254> do<6213> such<2088> an evil<7451> thing<1697> among<7130> you.
21"Thus you shall not show<2347> pity<2347>: life<5315> for life<5315>, eye<5869> for eye<5869>, tooth<8127> for tooth<8127>, hand<3027> for hand<3027>, foot<7272> for foot<7272>.