¹And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

¹Ja Issand rääkis Joosuaga, öeldes:

²Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,

²'Räägi Iisraeli lastega ja ütle neile: Määrake endile pelgulinnad, nagu ma teile Moosese läbi olen öelnud,

³that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

³et sinna võiks põgeneda tapja, kes inimese on kogemata maha löönud, ilma et ta oleks tahtnud; need olgu teile pelgupaigaks veritasunõudja eest.

⁴And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

⁴Ja kes põgeneb ühte neist linnadest, seisku linna värava ees ja rääkigu oma lugu selle linna vanemate kuuldes; siis võtku need tema eneste juurde linna ja andku temale paik, et ta saaks elada nende juures.

⁵And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

⁵Ja kui veritasunõudja teda taga ajab, siis ei tohi nad tapjat loovutada tema kätte, sest ta on oma ligimese tahtmatult maha löönud ega ole teda varem vihanud.

⁶And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

⁶Ja ta elagu selles linnas, kuni ta on seisnud kohtus koguduse ees, kuni selleaegse ülempreestri surmani; siis võib tapja minna tagasi ja tulla oma linna ja kotta, linna, kust ta oli põgenenud.'

⁷And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

⁷Siis nad pühitsesid Kedesi Galileas Naftali mäestikus, Sekemi Efraimi mäestikus ja Kirjat-Arba, see on Hebroni, Juuda mäestikus.

⁸And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

⁸Ja teisel pool Jordanit Jeeriko kohal, ida pool, andsid nad Beseri kõrbes tasandikul Ruubeni suguharult, Raamoti Gileadis Gaadi suguharult ja Goolani Baasanis Manasse suguharult.

⁹These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

⁹Need on linnad, mis on seatud kõigile Iisraeli lastele ja võõrale, kes nende keskel asub, et sinna võiks põgeneda igaüks, kes inimese on kogemata maha löönud, et ta ei sureks veritasunõudja käe läbi, enne kui ta on seisnud koguduse ees.