Numbers 35
- 1And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- 2Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to live in. You shall give also to the Levites pasturelands for the cities all around them.
- 3And the cities shall they have to live in. The pasturelands of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
- 4And the pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward 1,500 feet all around.
- 5And you shall measure from outside the city on the east side 3,000 feet, and on the south side 3,000 feet, and on the west side 3,000 feet, and on the north side 3,000 feet. The city shall be in the middle: this shall be to them the pasturelands of the cities.
- 6And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty and two cities.
- 7So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall you give with their pasturelands.
- 8And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from those who have many you shall give many. But from those who have few you shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.
- 9And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
- 10Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan.
- 11Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you. That the slayer may flee there, which kills any person by accident.
- 12And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger. That the manslayer does not die, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
- 13And of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge.
- 14You shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
- 15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the foreigner, and for the temporary resident among them: that everyone who kills any person by accident may flee there.
- 16And if he strike him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- 17And if he strike him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- 18Or if he strike him with a hand weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- 19The avenger of blood himself shall kill the murderer: when he meets him, he shall kill him.
- 20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die.
- 21Or in enmity strike him with his hand, that he die: he who struck him shall surely be put to death. For he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall kill the murderer, when he meets him.
- 22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast on him anything without laying of wait,
- 23Or with any stone, with which a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it on him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
- 24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
- 25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall stay in it to the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- 26But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled,
- 27And the avenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
- 28Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
- 29So these things shall be for a law of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your homes.
- 30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- 31Also you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
- 32And you shall take no satisfaction for him who has fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to live in the land, until the death of the priest.
- 33So you shall not pollute the land in which you are. For blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
- 34Do not defile therefore the land which you shall inhabit, in which I live. For I the Lord live among the children of Israel.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Numbers 35 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
KJVCommand the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
GIGAKJVCommand the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to live in. You shall give also to the Levites pasturelands for the cities all around them.
KJVAnd the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
GIGAKJVAnd the cities shall they have to live in. The pasturelands of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
KJVAnd the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
GIGAKJVAnd the pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward 1,500 feet all around.
KJVAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall measure from outside the city on the east side 3,000 feet, and on the south side 3,000 feet, and on the west side 3,000 feet, and on the north side 3,000 feet. The city shall be in the middle: this shall be to them the pasturelands of the cities.
KJVAnd among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
GIGAKJVAnd among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty and two cities.
KJVSo all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
GIGAKJVSo all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall you give with their pasturelands.
KJVAnd the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
GIGAKJVAnd the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from those who have many you shall give many. But from those who have few you shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
GIGAKJVSpeak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan.
KJVThen ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
GIGAKJVThen you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you. That the slayer may flee there, which kills any person by accident.
KJVAnd they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger. That the manslayer does not die, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
KJVAnd of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
GIGAKJVAnd of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge.
KJVYe shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
GIGAKJVYou shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
KJVThese six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
GIGAKJVThese six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the foreigner, and for the temporary resident among them: that everyone who kills any person by accident may flee there.
KJVAnd if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVAnd if he strike him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
KJVAnd if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVAnd if he strike him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
KJVOr if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVOr if he strike him with a hand weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
KJVThe revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
GIGAKJVThe avenger of blood himself shall kill the murderer: when he meets him, he shall kill him.
KJVBut if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
GIGAKJVBut if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die.
KJVOr in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
GIGAKJVOr in enmity strike him with his hand, that he die: he who struck him shall surely be put to death. For he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall kill the murderer, when he meets him.
KJVBut if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
GIGAKJVBut if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast on him anything without laying of wait,
KJVOr with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
GIGAKJVOr with any stone, with which a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it on him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
KJVThen the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
GIGAKJVThen the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
KJVAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
GIGAKJVAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall stay in it to the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
KJVBut if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
GIGAKJVBut if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled,
KJVAnd the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
GIGAKJVAnd the avenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
KJVSo these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
GIGAKJVSo these things shall be for a law of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your homes.
KJVWhoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
GIGAKJVWhoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
KJVMoreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
GIGAKJVAlso you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
KJVAnd ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall take no satisfaction for him who has fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to live in the land, until the death of the priest.
KJVSo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
GIGAKJVSo you shall not pollute the land in which you are. For blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
KJVDefile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
GIGAKJVDo not defile therefore the land which you shall inhabit, in which I live. For I the Lord live among the children of Israel.
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