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Ang mga Banwa nga Dalangpan(A)

20 Karon, nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Josue, “Silinga ang mga Israelinhon nga magpili sila sang mga banwa nga dalangpan suno sa ginsiling ko sadto sa inyo paagi kay Moises. Ang tawo nga nakapatay nga indi hungod makapalagyo didto kag makapanago sa mga tawo nga gusto magbalos sa iya. Makapalagyo siya sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa, kag mag-atubang sa mga manugdumala didto sa may puwertahan sang banwa kag magpaathag sa ila parte sa natabo. Dayon pasudlon siya kag didto paestaron. Kon lagson siya didto sang gusto magbalos sa iya, indi siya pag-itugyan sang mga pumuluyo. Pagaapinan nila siya tungod kay indi hungod ang pagpatay niya sa iya isigkatawo, kag ginhimo niya ini indi tungod sa iya kaakig. Magatiner siya sa amo nga banwa hasta mabista ang iya kaso sa atubangan sang katilingban, kag hasta mapatay ang pangulo nga pari nga nagaalagad sa sadto nga tion. Dayon makapauli na siya sa ila.”

Gani ginpili nila ang Kedesh sa Galilea sa kabukiran sang Naftali, ang Shekem sa kabukiran sang Efraim, kag ang Kiriat Arba (nga amo ang Hebron), sa kabukiran sang Juda. Sa sidlangan sang Suba sang Jordan malapit sa Jerico, ginpili nila ang Bezer sa kamingawan sang kapatagan nga sakop sang tribo ni Reuben, ang Ramot sa Gilead nga sakop sang tribo ni Gad, kag ang Golan sa Bashan nga sakop sang tribo ni Manase. Amo ini ang mga banwa nga dalangpan nga ginpili para sa mga Israelinhon kag sa mga indi Israelinhon nga nagaestar upod sa ila. Ang bisan sin-o nga makapatay nga indi hungod makadangop didto, agod indi siya pagpatyon sang gusto nga magbalos sa iya, sa wala pa mabista ang iya kaso sa atubangan sang katilingban.

Cities of Refuge(A)

20 Then the Lord said to Joshua: “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally(B) may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.(C) When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate(D) and state their case before the elders(E) of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly(F) and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

So they set apart Kedesh(G) in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem(H) in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba(I) (that is, Hebron(J)) in the hill country of Judah.(K) East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer(L) in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead(M) in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan(N) in the tribe of Manasseh. Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally(O) could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.(P)

20 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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.

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.

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.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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.

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.