1مَتَى قَرَضَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَوَرِثْتَهُمْ وَسَكَنْتَ مُدُنَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ،2تَفْرِزُ لِنَفْسِكَ ثَلاَثَ مُدُنٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكَ الَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا.3تُصْلِحُ الطَّرِيقَ وَتُثَلِّثُ تُخُومَ أَرْضِكَ الَّتِي يَقْسِمُ لَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، فَتَكُونُ مَهْرَبَاً لِكُلِّ قَاتِلٍ.4وَهَذَا هُوَ حُكْمُ الْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي يَهْرُبُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ فَيَحْيَا، مَنْ ضَرَبَ صَاحِبَهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ.5وَمَنْ ذَهَبَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فِي الْوَعْرِ لِيَحْتَطِبَ حَطَباً، فَانْدَفَعَتْ يَدُهُ بِالْفَأْسِ لِيَقْطَعَ الْحَطَبَ وَأَفْلَتَ الْحَدِيدُ مِنَ الْخَشَبِ وَأَصَابَ صَاحِبَهُ فَمَاتَ، فَهُوَ يَهْرُبُ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ الْمُدُنِ فَيَحْيَا.6لِئَلاَّ يَسْعَى وَلِيُّ الدَّمِ وَرَاءَ الْقَاتِلِ حِينَ يَحْمَى قَلْبُهُ، وَيُدْرِكَهُ إِذَا طَالَ الطَّرِيقُ وَيَقْتُلَهُ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حُكْمُ الْمَوْتِ، لأَنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ.7لأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَنَا آمُرُكَ، ثَلاَثَ مُدُنٍ تَفْرِزُ لِنَفْسِكَ.8وَإِنْ وَسَّعَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ تُخُومَكَ كَمَا حَلَفَ لآبَائِكَ، وَأَعْطَاكَ جَمِيعَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُعْطِي لآبَائِكَ،9إِذْ حَفِظْتَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا لِتَعْمَلَهَا، كَمَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ الْيَوْمَ لِتُحِبَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ وَتَسْلُكَ فِي طُرُقِهِ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ، فَزِدْ لِنَفْسِكَ أَيْضاً ثَلاَثَ مُدُنٍ عَلَى هَذِهِ الثَّلاَثِ،10حَتَّى لاَ يُسْفَكُ دَمُ بَرِيءٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكَ الَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ نَصِيباً، فَيَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ دَمٌ.11وَلَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مُبْغِضاً لِصَاحِبِهِ فَكَمَنَ لَهُ وَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبَةً قَاتِلَةً فَمَاتَ، ثُمَّ هَرَبَ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ الْمُدُنِ،12يُرْسِلُ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَتِهِ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَيَدْفَعُونَهُ إِلَى يَدِ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ فَيَمُوتُ.13لاَ تُشْفِقْ عَيْنُكَ عَلَيْهِ. فَتَنْزِعَ دَمَ الْبَرِيءِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ خَيْرٌ.14لاَ تَنْقُلْ تُخُمَ صَاحِبِكَ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ الأَوَّلُونَ فِي نَصِيبِكَ الَّذِي تَنَالُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا.15لاَ يَقُومُ شَاهِدٌ وَاحِدٌ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فِي ذَنْبٍ مَا أَوْ خَطِيَّةٍ مَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي يُخْطِئُ بِهَا. عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدَيْنِ أَوْ عَلَى فَمِ ثَلاَثَةِ شُهُودٍ يَقُومُ الأَمْرُ.16إِذَا قَامَ شَاهِدُ زُورٍ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ لِيَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ بِزَيْغٍ17يَقِفُ الرَّجُلاَنِ اللَّذَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا الْخُصُومَةُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْقُضَاةِ الَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ.18فَإِنْ فَحَصَ الْقُضَاةُ جَيِّداً، وَإِذَا الشَّاهِدُ شَاهِدٌ كَاذِبٌ. قَدْ شَهِدَ بِالْكَذِبِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ،19فَافْعَلُوا بِهِ كَمَا نَوَى أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِأَخِيهِ. فَتَنْزِعُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسْطِكُمْ.20وَيَسْمَعُ الْبَاقُونَ فَيَخَافُونَ، وَلاَ يَعُودُونَ يَفْعَلُونَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرِ الْخَبِيثِ فِي وَسَطِكَ.21لاَ تُشْفِقْ عَيْنُكَ. نَفْسٌ بِنَفْسٍ. عَيْنٌ بِعَيْنٍ. سِنٌّ بِسِنٍّ. يَدٌ بِيَدٍ. رِجْلٌ بِرِجْلٍ.
1When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.3Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.4And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.8And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;9If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.11But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is , shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.