Joshua 20
1 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Og Herren talede til Josva og sagde:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you through Moses,
Tal til Israels Børn, sigende: Afgiver for eder de Tilflugtsstæder, om hvilke jeg talede til eder ved Mose,
3 that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
at en Manddraber, som af Vaade, uforsætlig slaar en Person ihjel, kan fly derhen, og at de kunne være eder til Tilflugt for Blodhævneren.
4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities and stand at the entrance of the city-gate, and shall declare his matter in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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.
5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; for he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not previously.
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.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment, 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.
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.
7 And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.
Saa helligede de Kedes i Galilæa paa Nafthali Bjerg og Sikem paa Efraims Bjerg og Kirjath-Arba, det er Hebron, paa Judas Bjerg.
8 And beyond the Jordan from Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
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.
9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.
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.
