Josua 20

1 Og Herren talede til Josva og sagde:

And Yahweh spake unto Joshua, saying:

2 Tal til Israels Børn, sigende: Afgiver for eder de Tilflugtsstæder, om hvilke jeg talede til eder ved Mose,

Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, —Set out for you the 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 manslayer who slayeth a person by mistake, unwittingly, may flee thither, —so shall they be unto you for refuge from the blood-redeemer,

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 he shall flee unto one of these cities and present himself at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall speak, in the ears of the elders of that city, his defence, —and they shall take him for protection into the city unto them, and shall give him a place, so shall he dwell with 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, when the blood-redeemer pursueth after him, then shall they not deliver up the manslayer, into his hand, —because, unwittingly, it was that he slew his neighbour, and had not been, cherishing hatred, towards him, aforetime;

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.

so shall he remain in that city, until he standeth before the assembly, for judgment, until the death of the high-priest who shall be in those days, —then, shall the manslayer return, and enter into his own city, and into his own house, within 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.

So then they set apart Kadesh 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.

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, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, 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 sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who sojourneth in their midst, that whosoever should slay a person by mistake, might flee thither, —and not die by the hand of the blood-redeemer, until he should stand before the assembly.