4 Mosebog 35
1 Og Herren talede til Mose paa Moabiternes slette Marker, ved Jordanen over for Jeriko, og sagde:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,
2 Byd Israels Børn, at de give Leviterne af deres Ejendoms Arv Stæder at bo udi; dertil skulle I give Leviterne Mark til Stæderne trindt omkring dem.
Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
3 Og de skulle have Stæderne til at bo udi, og deres Marker skulle være for deres Kvæg og for deres Gods og for alle deres Dyr.
And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 Og Stædernes Marker, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle være fra Stadsmuren og udefter tusinde Alen trindt omkring.
And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.
5 Saa skulle I maale uden for Staden, den østre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den søndre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den vestre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den nordre Side to Tusinde Alen, og Staden skal være i Midten; dette skal være dem Stædernes Marker.
And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.
6 Og af Stæderne, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle seks være Tilflugtsstæder, som I skulle give, at en Manddraber kan fly derhen; og foruden dem skulle I give dem to og fyrretyve Stæder.
And [among] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, — and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:
7 Alle Stæderne, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle være otte og fyrretyve Stæder, de og deres Marker.
all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.
8 Og hvad de Stæder angaar, som I skulle give af Israels Børns Ejendom, da skulle I tage flere fra den, som har mange, og tage færre fra den, som har faa; hver efter sin Arvs Beskaffenhed, som de skulle arve, skal give Leviterne af sine Stæder.
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.
9 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
10 Tal til Israels Børn, og du skal sige til dem: Naar I komme over Jordanen ind i Kanaans Land,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 da skulle I udvælge eder Stæder, som skulle være Tilflugtsstæder for eder, at en Manddraber, som slaar en Person ihjel af en Forseelse, kan fly derhen.
then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.
12 Og de skulle være eder Stæder til en Tilflugt for Blodhævneren, at Manddraberen ikke skal dø, førend han har staaet for Menighedens Ansigt, for Dommen.
And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.
13 Og de Stæder, som I skulle afgive, skulle være seks Tilflugtsstæder for eder.
And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.
14 De tre Stæder skulle I give paa denne Side Jordanen, og de tre Stæder skulle I give i Kanaans Land; de skulle være Tilflugtsstæder.
Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
15 For Israels Børn og for den fremmede og for den, som er Gæst midt iblandt dem, skulle disse seks Stæder være til en Tilflugt, at hver den, som slaar en Person ihjel af en Forseelse, kan fly derhen.
For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.
16 Men dersom en slaar en anden med et Stykke Jern, saa han dør, han er en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.
And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
17 Og dersom han slaar ham med en Sten i Haand, hvormed nogen kan dræbes, og han dør, da er han en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.
And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
18 Eller han slaar ham med et Stykke Træ i Haand, hvormed nogen kan dræbes, og han dør, da er han en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.
Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
19 Blodhævneren, han maa dræbe Manddraberen; naar han møder ham, maa han dræbe ham.
the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
20 Og dersom en af Had giver en anden et Stød, eller kaster noget paa ham med frit Forsæt, saa at han dør,
And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,
21 eller han slaar ham af Fjendskab med sin Haand, saa at han dør, da skal den, som slog, dødes, han er en Manddraber; Blodhævneren maa dræbe Manddraberen, naar han møder ham.
or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. —
22 Men dersom han giver ham et Stød i en Hast, uden Fjendskab, eller kaster nogen Ting paa ham uden frit Forsæt,
But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,
23 eller det sker med en Sten, hvormed man kan dræbes, og han ikke saa ham, da han lod den falde paa ham, saa han døde, og han var ikke hans Fjende og søgte ikke hans Ulykke:
or [have smitten him] with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 Da skulle de i Menigheden dømme imellem den, som slog, og imellem Blodhævneren efter disse Love.
then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;
25 Og de i Menigheden skulle udfri Manddraberen af Blodhævnerens Haand, og de i Menigheden skulle lade ham komme tilbage til hans Tilflugtsstad, som han flyede til; og han skal blive der, indtil Ypperstepræsten, som man har salvet med den hellige Olie, dør.
and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 Men om Manddraberen gaar uden for den Tilflugtsstads Markeskel, som han flyede til,
But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,
27 og Blodhævneren finder ham uden for hans Tilflugtsstads Markeskel, og Blodhævneren slaar Manddraberen ihjel, da har hin ingen Blodskyld.
and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;
28 Thi han skulde være bleven i sin Tilflugtsstad, indtil Ypperstepræsten døde; men efter Ypperstepræstens Død maa Manddraberen vende tilbage til sit Ejendoms Land.
for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.
29 Og dette skal være eder en beskikket Ret hos eders Efterkommere i alle eders Boliger.
And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Naar nogen ihjelslaar en Person, da skal man efter Vidners Mund slaa denne Manddraber ihjel; men eet Vidne skal ikke vidne imod en Person i Livssag.
Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
31 Og I skulle ikke tage Sonepenge for en Manddrabers Person, naar han er skyldig til at dø; thi han skal dødes.
And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.
32 Og I skulle ingen Sonepenge tage for at lade nogen fly til sin Tilflugtsstad eller at lade nogen komme tilbage at bo i Landet, førend Præsten dør.
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 Og I skulle ikke besmitte Landet, som I bo udi; thi Blodet besmitter Landet; og for Landet kan ikke ske Forsoning for det Blod, som udøses deri, uden ved hans Blod, som udøste det.
And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 Og du skal ikke gøre Landet urent, hvilket I bo udi, hvilket jeg bor midt udi; thi jeg Herren bor midt iblandt Israels Børn.
And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
