| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1When 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; | 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, |
| 2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. | 2you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess. |
| 3Thou 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. | 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. |
| 4And 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; | 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-- |
| 5As 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: | 5as 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; |
| 6Lest 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. | 6otherwise 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. |
| 7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. | 7"Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.' |
| 8And 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; | 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-- |
| 9If 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: | 9if 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. |
| 10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. | 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. |
| 11But 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: | 11"But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, |
| 12Then 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. | 12then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. |
| 13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. | 13"You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you. |
| 14Thou 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. | 14"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess. |
| 15One 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. | 15"A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. |
| 16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; | 16"If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing, |
| 17Then 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; | 17then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. |
| 18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; | 18"The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely, |
| 19Then 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. | 19then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. |
| 20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. | 20"The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you. |
| 21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. | 21"Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org |
|
