Deuteronomy 19

Designate three refuge cities for unintentional killers, expanding to six after conquering the land; requires two or three witnesses for convictions, prescribes punishment matching the crime without pity, and sets boundaries for altars[1].

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Verse 5 וַ/אֲשֶׁר֩ 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤓 vaasher and who and which HC/Tr יָבֹ֨א 𐤉𐤁𐤀 yavo goes he comes HVqi3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et with self-same (definite object marker) HR רֵעֵ֥/הוּ 𐤓𐤏/𐤄𐤅 reehu his neighbor his companion HNcmsc/Sp3ms בַ/יַּעַר֮ 𐤁/𐤉𐤏𐤓 vayaar into the forest in the forest-thicket HRd/Ncmsa לַ/חְטֹ֣ב 𐤋/𐤇𐤈𐤁 lachetov to cut to hew HR/Vqc עֵצִים֒ 𐤏𐤑𐤉𐤌 etsim wood trees HNcmpa וְ/נִדְּחָ֨ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤃𐤇𐤄 venidechah and slips and she was driven away HC/VNq3fs יָד֤/וֹ 𐤉𐤃/𐤅 yado his hand his hand HNcbsc/Sp3ms בַ/גַּרְזֶן֙ 𐤁/𐤂𐤓𐤆𐤍 vagarezen with the axe with the cutting-axe HRd/Ncmsa לִ/כְרֹ֣ת 𐤋/𐤊𐤓𐤕 likherot to cut to cut off HR/Vqc הָ/עֵ֔ץ 𐤄/𐤏𐤑 haets the tree the firm tree HTd/Ncmsa וְ/נָשַׁ֤ל 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤋 venashal and flies off and he stripped away HC/Vqq3ms הַ/בַּרְזֶל֙ 𐤄/𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 habarezel the iron the iron HTd/Ncmsa מִן 𐤌𐤍 min from from (out of, away from) HR הָ/עֵ֔ץ 𐤄/𐤏𐤑 haets-2 the wood the firm tree HTd/Ncmsa וּ/מָצָ֥א 𐤅/𐤌𐤑𐤀 umatsa and hits and he found HC/Vqq3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 his (definite object-marker) HTo רֵעֵ֖/הוּ 𐤓𐤏/𐤄𐤅 reehu-2 neighbor his companion HNcmsc/Sp3ms וָ/מֵ֑ת 𐤅/𐤌𐤕 vamet and he dies and he died HC/Vqq3ms ה֗וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu he he himself HPp3ms יָנ֛וּס 𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤎 yanus shall flee he will flee HVqi3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR אַחַ֥ת 𐤀𐤇𐤕 achat Eka (Bemba) one one (feminine singular) HAcfsa הֶ/עָרִים 𐤄/𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 hearim of the cities the guarded cities HTd/Ncfpa הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄 haeleh these these (ones) HTd/Pdxcp וָ/חָֽי 𐤅/𐤇𐤉 vachay and live and he lived HC/Vqq3ms
Verse 6 פֶּן 𐤐𐤍 pen lest lest (in turning-aside) HC יִרְדֹּף֩ 𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤐 yiredof he pursue he will pursue HVqi3ms גֹּאֵ֨ל 𐤂𐤀𐤋 goel avenger kinsman-redeemer HVqrmsc הַ/דָּ֜ם 𐤄/𐤃𐤌 hadam of the blood the lifeblood HTd/Ncmsa אַחֲרֵ֣י 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 acharey after after (in the wake of) HR הָ/רֹצֵ֗חַ 𐤄/𐤓𐤑𐤇 harotsecha the manslayer the man-slayer HTd/Vqrmsa כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki because for (as reason or ground) HC יֵחַם֮ 𐤉𐤇𐤌 yecham is hot he becomes hot HVqi3ms לְבָב/וֹ֒ 𐤋𐤁𐤁/𐤅 levavo his heart his heart-core HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ/הִשִּׂיג֛/וֹ 𐤅/𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤂/𐤅 vehisigo and overtake him and he caused-to-overtake him HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 because for (as reason or ground) HC יִרְבֶּ֥ה 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤄 yirebeh is long he will multiply HVqi3ms הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ 𐤄/𐤃𐤓𐤊 haderekhe the way the trodden way HTd/Ncbsa וְ/הִכָּ֣ה/וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤊𐤄/𐤅 vehikahu and strike him and he struck him HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms נָ֑פֶשׁ 𐤍𐤐𐤔 nafesh fatally breathing being HNcbsa וְ/ל/וֹ֙ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤅 velo to him HC/R/Sp3ms אֵ֣ין 𐤀𐤉𐤍 eyn there is no there-is-no HTn מִשְׁפַּט 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 mishepat judgment judgment HNcmsc מָ֔וֶת 𐤌𐤅𐤕 mavet of death death HNcmsa כִּ֠י 𐤊𐤉 ki-3 for for (as reason or ground) HC לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn שֹׂנֵ֥א 𐤔𐤍𐤀 sone hater a hater (he who hates) HVqrmsa ה֛וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu he he himself HPp3ms ל֖/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-2 to him HR/Sp3ms מִ/תְּמ֥וֹל 𐤌/𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤋 mitemol from yesterday from before-time HR/D שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤌 shileshom or the day before the third-day-back HNcmsa
Verse 9 כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki if for (as reason or ground) HC תִשְׁמֹר֩ 𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤓 tishemor you keep you guard HVqi2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all whole-of HNcmsc הַ/מִּצְוָ֨ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤄 hamitsevah the commandment the charge-command HTd/Ncfsa הַ/זֹּ֜את 𐤄/𐤆𐤀𐤕 hazot this this (feminine singular) HTd/Pdxfs לַ/עֲשֹׂתָ֗/הּ 𐤋/𐤏𐤔𐤕/𐤄 laasotah to do it to her-doing HR/Vqc/Sp3fs אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr אָנֹכִ֣י 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 anokhi I I myself HPp1cs מְצַוְּ/ךָ֮ 𐤌𐤑𐤅/𐤊 metsavekha command you the one commissioning you (masculine singular) HVprmsc/Sp2ms הַ/יּוֹם֒ 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom today the hot-day HTd/Ncmsa לְ/אַהֲבָ֞ה 𐤋/𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤄 leahavah to love to love HR/Vqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo יְהוָ֧ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH the Being One HNp אֱלֹהֶ֛י/ךָ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 eloheykha Mulimu (Lozi) your God your gods HNcmpc/Sp2ms וְ/לָ/לֶ֥כֶת 𐤅/𐤋/𐤋𐤊𐤕 velalekhet and to walk and to walk HC/R/Vqc בִּ/דְרָכָ֖י/ו 𐤁/𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉/𐤅 biderakhayv in his ways in his trodden paths HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal-2 all whole-of HNcmsc הַ/יָּמִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim the days the days HTd/Ncmpa וְ/יָסַפְתָּ֨ 𐤅/𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤕 veyasafeta then you shall add and you shall add HC/Vqq2ms לְ/ךָ֥ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha for yourself HR/Sp2ms עוֹד֙ 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od more still, yet, further HD שָׁלֹ֣שׁ 𐤔𐤋𐤔 shalosh three three (feminine form) HAcfsa עָרִ֔ים 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 arim cities watch-kept cities HNcfpa עַ֖ל 𐤏𐤋 al to upon (up-over) HR הַ/שָּׁלֹ֥שׁ 𐤄/𐤔𐤋𐤔 hashalosh the three the three HTd/Acfsa הָ/אֵֽלֶּה 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄 haeleh these these (ones) HTd/Pdxcp