Josua 20
1 Og Herren talede til Josva og sagde:
THE Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Tal til Israels Børn, sigende: Afgiver for eder de Tilflugtsstæder, om hvilke jeg talede til eder ved Mose,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3 at en Manddraber, som af Vaade, uforsætlig slaar en Person ihjel, kan fly derhen, og at de kunne være eder til Tilflugt for Blodhævneren.
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 Og han skal fly til en af disse Stæder, og han skal staa uden for Indgangen til Stadens Port og tale sine Ord for de Ældstes Øren af samme Stad, saa skulle de tage ham ind i Staden til sig og give ham et Sted, hvor han kan bo hos dem.
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.
5 Og naar Blodhævneren forfølger ham, da skulle de ikke overantvorde Manddraberen i hans Haand, efterdi han slog sin Næste uforsætlig og ikke tilforn var hans Fjende.
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.
6 Saa skal han bo i den samme Stad, indtil han har staaet for Menighedens Ansigt for Retten, indtil den Ypperstepræst, som var i de Dage, er død; da maa Manddraberen vende tilbage og komme til sin Stad og til sit Hus, til Staden, hvorfra han flyede.
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.
7 Saa helligede de Kedes i Galilæa paa Nafthali Bjerg og Sikem paa Efraims Bjerg og Kirjath-Arba, det er Hebron, paa Judas Bjerg.
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.
8 Og paa hin Side Jordanen ved Jeriko, mod Østen, afgave de Bezer i Ørken paa Sletten af Rubens gtamme og Ramoth i Gilead af Gads Stamme og Golan i Basan af Manasse Stamme.
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.
9 Disse vare de Stæder, som vare beskikkede for alle Israels Børn og for den fremmede, som var fremmed midt iblandt dem, at hver den, som slog en Person af Vaade, maatte fly derhen, at han ikke skulde dø ved Blodhævnerens Haand, inden han havde staaet for Menighedens Ansigt.
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.
