Numbers 35

YHWH instructs designation of 48 Levitical cities including six cities of refuge for manslayers to flee unintentional killers, with laws distinguishing murder from manslaughter and procedures for trial and redemption.[1]

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and-you-shall-measure from-outside the-city [direct object marker] side eastward two-thousand cubits and-[et] side southward two-thousand cubits and-[et] side westward two-thousand cubits and-[et] side northward two-thousand cubits and-the-city in-the-midst this shall-be to-them pasturelands of-the-cities
5 וּ/מַדֹּתֶ֞ם 𐤅/𐤌𐤃𐤕𐤌 umadotem and-you-shall-measure HC/Vqq2mp מִ/ח֣וּץ 𐤌/𐤇𐤅𐤑 michuts from-outside HR/Ncmsa לָ/עִ֗יר 𐤋/𐤏𐤉𐤓 lair the-city HRd/Ncfsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo פְּאַת 𐤐𐤀𐤕 peat side HNcfsc קֵ֣דְמָ/ה 𐤒𐤃𐤌/𐤄 qedemah eastward HNcmsa/Sd אַלְפַּ֪יִם 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alepayim two-thousand HAcbpa בָּֽ/אַמָּ֟ה 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤄 baamah cubits HRd/Ncfsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and-[et] HC/To פְּאַת 𐤐𐤀𐤕 peat-2 side HNcfsc נֶגֶב֩ 𐤍𐤂𐤁 negev southward HNcmsa אַלְפַּ֨יִם 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alepayim-2 two-thousand HAcbpa בָּ/אַמָּ֜ה 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤄 baamah-2 cubits HRd/Ncfsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-2 and-[et] HC/To פְּאַת 𐤐𐤀𐤕 peat-3 side HNcfsc יָ֣ם 𐤉𐤌 yam westward HNcmsa אַלְפַּ֣יִם 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alepayim-3 two-thousand HAcbpa בָּֽ/אַמָּ֗ה 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤄 baamah-3 cubits HRd/Ncfsa וְ/אֵ֨ת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-3 and-[et] HC/To פְּאַ֥ת 𐤐𐤀𐤕 peat-4 side HNcfsc צָפ֛וֹן 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 tsafon northward HNcfsa אַלְפַּ֥יִם 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alepayim-4 two-thousand HAcbpa בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤄 baamah-4 cubits HRd/Ncfsa וְ/הָ/עִ֣יר 𐤅/𐤄/𐤏𐤉𐤓 vehair and-the-city HC/Td/Ncfsa בַּ/תָּ֑וֶךְ 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊 batavekhe in-the-midst HRd/Ncmsa זֶ֚ה 𐤆𐤄 zeh this HPdxms יִהְיֶ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 yiheyeh shall-be HVqi3ms לָ/הֶ֔ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to-them HR/Sp3mp מִגְרְשֵׁ֖י 𐤌𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤉 migereshey pasturelands HNcmpc הֶ/עָרִֽים 𐤄/𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 hearim of-the-cities HTd/Ncfpa
And the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel from the larger you shall take more and from the smaller you shall take less each according to his inheritance which they inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites
and they shall deliver the congregation the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood and they shall restore him the congregation to city of his refuge to which he fled there and he shall dwell in it until death the priest the great who was anointed him with oil the holy
25 וְ/הִצִּ֨ילוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋𐤅 vehitsilu and they shall deliver HC/Vhq3cp הָ/עֵדָ֜ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah the congregation HTd/Ncfsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the HTo הָ/רֹצֵ֗חַ 𐤄/𐤓𐤑𐤇 harotsecha manslayer HTd/Vqrmsa מִ/יַּד֮ 𐤌/𐤉𐤃 miyad from the hand of HR/Ncbsc גֹּאֵ֣ל 𐤂𐤀𐤋 goel the avenger HVqrmsc הַ/דָּם֒ 𐤄/𐤃𐤌 hadam of blood HTd/Ncmsa וְ/הֵשִׁ֤יבוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤅 veheshivu and they shall restore HC/Vhq3cp אֹת/וֹ֙ 𐤀𐤕/𐤅 oto him HTo/Sp3ms הָֽ/עֵדָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤃𐤄 haedah-2 the congregation HTd/Ncfsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to HR עִ֥יר 𐤏𐤉𐤓 ir city HNcfsc מִקְלָט֖/וֹ 𐤌𐤒𐤋𐤈/𐤅 miqelato of his refuge HNcmsc/Sp3ms אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher to which HTr נָ֣ס 𐤍𐤎 nas he fled HVqp3ms שָׁ֑מָּ/ה 𐤔𐤌/𐤄 shamah there HD/Sd וְ/יָ֣שַׁב 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁 veyashav and he shall dwell HC/Vqp3ms בָּ֗/הּ 𐤁/𐤄 bah in it HR/Sp3fs עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad until HR מוֹת֙ 𐤌𐤅𐤕 mot death HNcmsc הַ/כֹּהֵ֣ן 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍 hakohen the priest HTd/Ncmsa הַ/גָּדֹ֔ל 𐤄/𐤂𐤃𐤋 hagadol the great HTd/Aamsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 who HTr מָשַׁ֥ח 𐤌𐤔𐤇 mashach was anointed HVqp3ms אֹת֖/וֹ 𐤀𐤕/𐤅 oto-2 him HTo/Sp3ms בְּ/שֶׁ֥מֶן 𐤁/𐤔𐤌𐤍 beshemen with oil HR/Ncmsc הַ/קֹּֽדֶשׁ 𐤄/𐤒𐤃𐤔 haqodesh the holy HTd/Ncmsa