Joshua 20

وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ قَائِلاً:

The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,

«كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: اجْعَلُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مُدُنَ الْمَلْجَإِ كَمَا كَلَّمْتُكُمْ عَلَى يَدِ مُوسَى

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا الْقَاتِلُ ضَارِبُ نَفْسٍ سَهْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَتَكُونَ لَكُمْ مَلْجَأً مِنْ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ.

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

فَيَهْرُبُ إِلَى وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ هذِهِ الْمُدُنِ، وَيَقِفُ فِي مَدْخَلِ بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِدَعْوَاهُ فِي آذَانِ شُيُوخِ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَيَضُمُّونَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَيُعْطُونَهُ مَكَانًا فَيَسْكُنُ مَعَهُمْ.

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

وَإِذَا تَبِعَهُ وَلِيُّ الدَّمِ فَلاَ يُسَلِّمُوا الْقَاتِلَ بِيَدِهِ لأَنَّهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ضَرَبَ قَرِيبَهُ، وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

وَيَسْكُنُ فِي تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى يَقِفَ أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ لِلْقَضَاءِ، إِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ الْكَاهِنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ. حِينَئِذٍ يَرْجِعُ الْقَاتِلُ وَيَأْتِي إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ وَبَيْتِهِ، إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي هَرَبَ مِنْهَا».

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

فَقَدَّسُوا قَادَشَ فِي الْجَلِيلِ فِي جَبَلِ نَفْتَالِي، وَشَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَقَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ، هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي جَبَلِ يَهُوذَا.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

وَفِي عَبْرِ أُرْدُنِّ أَرِيحَا نَحْوَ الشُّرُوقِ جَعَلُوا بَاصَرَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي السَّهْلِ مِنْ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ، وَرَامُوتَ فِي جِلْعَادَ مِنْ سِبْطِ جَادَ، وَجُولاَنَ فِي بَاشَانَ مِنْ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى.

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.

هذِهِ هِيَ مُدُنُ الْمَلْجَإِ لِكُلِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلِلْغَرِيبِ النَّازِلِ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ ضَارِبِ نَفْسٍ سَهْوًا، فَلاَ يَمُوتَ بِيَدِ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ حَتَّى يَقِفَ أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ.

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