1 ` When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,

¶ When the LORD thy God has cut off the Gentiles whose land the LORD thy God gives thee, and thou hast inherited them and dost dwell in their cities and in their houses,

2 t hree cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.

3 T hou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.

Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.

4 ` And this the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,

And this is the case of the manslayer who is to flee there, that he may live: whoever kills his neighbour by mistake, whom he hated not in time past;

5 e ven he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,

and he who went into the woods with his neighbour to cut firewood and his hand fetched a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree and the head slipped from the handle and lighted upon his neighbour so that he died, he shall flee unto one of those cities and live,

6 l est the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;

lest the avenger of the blood pursue the manslayer, 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.

7 t herefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.

Therefore, I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

8 ` And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers --

And if the LORD thy God enlarges thy borders, as he has sworn unto thy fathers, and gives thee all the land which he was to give unto thy fathers,

9 w hen thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;

when thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day: to love the LORD thy God, and to walk all the days in his ways, then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three,

10 a nd innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

that innocent blood not be shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and the blood shall not be upon thee.

11 ` And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,

But when any man hates his neighbour and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and smites him mortally that he dies and flees into one of these cities,

12 t hen the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, and he shall die.

13 t hine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

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.

14 ` Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

¶ Thou shalt not reduce thy neighbour’s border, which those of old time have marked in thine inheritance, which thou shalt possess in the land that the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.

15 ` One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

One witness shall not be valid against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin which he should commit. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

16 ` When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

When a false witness rises up against any man to testify rebellion against him,

17 t hen have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;

18 a nd the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and, behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,

19 ` Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

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.

20 a nd those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

And those who remain shall hear and fear and shall never again commit any such evil among you.

21 a nd thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

And thine eye shall not pity, but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.