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民數記 35
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民數記 35
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
利未人分到的城邑
35 在耶利哥對面、約旦河邊的摩押平原，耶和華對摩西說： 2 「你告訴以色列人，要從分得的產業中把一些城邑及其周圍的草場分給利未人。 3 城邑供他們居住，草場供他們牧放牛羊等牲畜。 4 劃分給利未人的草場是從城牆往外延伸四百五十米[a]， 5 要以城為中心，東南西北四郊每邊向外量九百米作利未人的草場。 6 要分給利未人四十二座城邑，另外再加六座供誤殺人者躲避的避難城， 7 共四十八座城邑，包括城周圍的草場。 8 以色列各支派要從自己承受的產業中分一些城邑給利未人，人多的支派多給，人少的支派少給。」
避難城
9 耶和華對摩西說： 10 「告訴以色列人，『你們過了約旦河進入迦南以後， 11 要選一些城邑作為避難城，供誤殺人者逃去避難， 12 躲避復仇的人，以免誤殺人者未在會眾面前受審便被殺死。 13 你們要選六座城作為避難城， 14 三座在約旦河東岸，三座在迦南。 15 凡誤殺人的，無論是以色列人還是寄居的外族人，都可以逃到這些城避難。
16 「『倘若有人用鐵器打人致死，他就是故意殺人，必須被處死。 17 倘若有人用足以致命的石頭打人致死，他就是故意殺人，必須被處死。 18 倘若有人用足以致命的木器打人致死，他就是故意殺人，必須被處死。 19 報仇的人要親自處死故意殺人者，一找到他就要處死他。 20 倘若有人因怨恨把人推倒致死，或故意扔東西砸人致死， 21 或因仇恨徒手傷人致死，他就是故意殺人，必須被處死，報仇的人一找到他就要處死他。
22 「『倘若有人並非懷恨而是偶然推倒人致死，或無意間扔東西砸人致死， 23 或因沒有看見而扔石頭砸人致死，鑒於他與對方並非仇人，只是誤殺， 24 會眾就要照這些律例在誤殺人者與復仇者之間做出判決。 25 會眾要把誤殺人者從復仇者手裡救出來，讓他回到他原先逃往的避難城。他要住在那裡，一直住到受聖油膏立的大祭司逝世。 26 但倘若誤殺人者離開避難城， 27 復仇者在城外找到他，將他殺死也不用擔血債。 28 因為誤殺人者必須留在避難城內，等到大祭司逝世之後，才可返回家園。 29 這是你們世世代代無論住在哪裡都要遵守的律例。
30 「『倘若有人被控謀殺，必須有幾個人作證才可以處死他，不可憑一個人的證詞處死他。 31 犯了死罪的殺人兇手必須償命，不可讓他付贖金免死。 32 不可收逃進避難城之人的贖金，讓他在大祭司逝世前返回家園。 33 這樣，你們就不致玷污你們所居住的土地，因為血會玷污土地。除非用兇手的血作抵償，否則被血玷污的土地無法得到潔淨。 34 不可玷污你們所居住的土地，因為這是我居住的地方，我耶和華住在以色列人中間。』」
Footnotes
- 35·4 「四百五十米」七十士譯本為「九百一十米」。
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Les villes des lévites
35 L’Eternel parla à Moïse, dans les steppes de Moab, sur la rive du Jourdain en face de Jéricho, en disant : 2 Ordonne aux Israélites de donner aux lévites sur la part de propriété qu’ils recevront, des villes où ils pourront s’établir avec des pâturages autour d’elles[a]. 3 Ces villes leur serviront de résidence ; et ils disposeront des terres alentour pour leur bétail, leurs biens et tous leurs animaux. 4 Les terrains attenant aux villes que vous donnerez aux lévites s’étendront sur une distance de cinq cents mètres tout autour, à partir du mur de la ville. 5 Vous délimiterez donc, à l’extérieur de la ville, un carré de mille mètres[b] de côté au milieu duquel se situera la ville. Tels seront les territoires autour de leurs villes. 6 Vous donnerez aux lévites les six villes de refuge que vous aurez désignées pour que des meurtriers involontaires puissent s’y réfugier ainsi que quarante-deux autres villes, 7 vous leur céderez donc en tout quarante-huit villes, chacune avec ses terres avoisinantes. 8 Vous prendrez ces villes sur les patrimoines fonciers des Israélites, en en prenant davantage des tribus qui ont reçu un plus grand nombre de villes, et moins de celles qui en ont moins ; chaque tribu cédera de ses villes aux lévites en proportion du territoire qu’elle aura reçu.
Les villes de refuge
9 L’Eternel parla encore à Moïse, et lui dit : 10 Dis aux Israélites : Vous allez traverser le Jourdain pour entrer dans le pays de Canaan, 11 et vous vous choisirez des villes qui vous serviront de cités de refuge où pourront se réfugier les auteurs d’homicides involontaires[c]. 12 Ces villes vous serviront d’asile pour protéger le meurtrier de l’homme chargé de punir le crime[d], afin qu’un meurtrier ne soit pas mis à mort avant d’avoir comparu devant la communauté pour être jugé. 13 Vous désignerez six villes de refuge : 14 trois villes au-delà du Jourdain, et trois autres dans le pays de Canaan. Elles serviront de refuge 15 aux Israélites, à l’immigré et au résident qui demeurera au milieu de vous ; quiconque aura tué quelqu’un involontairement pourra s’y réfugier.
16 S’il a frappé avec un objet en fer et causé la mort, c’est un meurtrier ; il sera puni de mort. 17-18 Il en sera de même s’il était armé d’une pierre ou d’un instrument en bois capable de causer la mort. 19 L’homme chargé de punir le crime le mettra à mort dès qu’il le trouvera. 20-21 S’il lui a lancé un projectile avec préméditation ou s’il l’a frappé du poing avec inimitié, et qu’il a causé sa mort, c’est un meurtrier : l’homme chargé de punir le crime le mettra à mort dès qu’il le trouvera.
22 Mais s’il l’a bousculé par accident et non par inimitié, ou lui a lancé un projectile sans mauvaise intention, 23 ou s’il a fait tomber sur lui une pierre sans l’avoir vu, et qu’il a causé sa mort sans avoir d’intention hostile à son égard et sans avoir cherché à lui faire de mal, 24 la communauté prononcera un jugement selon ces règles entre l’auteur de la mort et l’homme chargé de punir le crime. 25 Elle délivrera le meurtrier de l’homme chargé de punir le crime et le fera retourner dans la ville de refuge où il s’était réfugié.
Il devra y rester jusqu’à la mort du grand-prêtre qui a été oint d’huile sainte. 26 Mais s’il quitte l’enceinte de la ville de refuge où il s’est retiré, 27 et si l’homme chargé de punir le crime le rencontre à l’extérieur du territoire de sa ville de refuge et le tue, cet homme ne sera pas coupable de crime. 28 Car le meurtrier doit demeurer dans sa ville de refuge jusqu’à la mort du grand-prêtre ; après cela il pourra retourner sur les terres qui lui appartiennent.
29 Ces ordonnances auront pour vous force de loi, pour toutes les générations, partout où vous habiterez. 30 Toutes les fois qu’un meurtre aura été commis, c’est seulement sur la déposition de plusieurs témoins que le meurtrier sera mis à mort. La déclaration d’un seul témoin n’est pas suffisante pour prononcer une condamnation à la peine capitale[e].
31 D’autre part, vous n’accepterez pas de rançon en échange de la vie d’un meurtrier qui a été reconnu coupable d’un crime méritant la mort ; il doit être mis à mort. 32 Vous n’en accepterez pas non plus pour que le meurtrier qui s’est retiré dans sa ville de refuge puisse retourner habiter chez lui avant la mort du prêtre. 33 Ne profanez pas le pays où vous vous trouvez : en effet, le sang versé profane le pays ; car, pour le pays, il n’y a pas d’expiation pour le sang qui y a été versé sinon par le sang de celui qui l’a répandu. 34 Vous ne rendrez pas impur le pays où vous demeurerez et dans lequel j’habiterai, car je suis l’Eternel, qui habite au milieu des Israélites.
Footnotes
- 35.2 Voir Lv 25.32-34 ; Jos 21.1-42 ; 1 Ch 6.39-66. Puisque les lévites ne devaient pas recevoir de patrimoine héréditaire dans le pays de Canaan (1.47-53), Dieu leur fait attribuer des villes où ils pourront vivre et élever leur famille. Jos 21 rapporte l’exécution de cet ordre. Les lévites partageaient ces villes avec d’autres habitants (voir 1 S 6.13-14).
- 35.5 En hébreu, mille et deux mille coudées.
- 35.11 Voir Dt 4.41-43 ; 19.1-13 ; Jos 20.1-9.
- 35.12 Selon certains, un proche parent de la victime qui avait le devoir de châtier ce crime en mettant le meurtrier à mort (v. 19), selon d’autres, un représentant des responsables du peuple chargé d’exécuter cette sanction.
- 35.30 Voir Dt 17.6 ; 19.15 ; Mt 18.16 ; 2 Co 13.1 ; 1 Tm 5.19 ; Hé 10.28.
Numbers 35
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Numbers 35
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Cities for the Levites
35 And the Lord spoke to Moses in (A)the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying: 2 (B)“Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites (C)common-land around the cities. 3 They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals. 4 The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around. 5 And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.
6 “Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint (D)six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities. 7 So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be (E)forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land. 8 And the cities which you will give shall be (F)from the possession of the children of Israel; (G)from the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives.”
Cities of Refuge(H)
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: (I)‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then (J)you shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally may flee there. 12 (K)They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of the cities which you give, you shall have (L)six cities of refuge. 14 (M)You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, (N)for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.
16 (O)‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 (P)The[a] avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 (Q)If he pushes him out of hatred or, (R)while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies, 21 or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
22 ‘However, if he pushes him suddenly (S)without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait, 23 or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm, 24 then (T)the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments. 25 So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and (U)he shall remain there until the death of the high priest (V)who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where he fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of [b]blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘And these things shall be (W)a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the (X)testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty. 31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood (Y)defiles the land, and no [c]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except (Z)by the blood of him who shed it. 34 Therefore (AA)do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for (AB)I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
Footnotes
- Numbers 35:19 A family member who is to avenge the victim
- Numbers 35:27 Murder
- Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering
Numbers 35
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Numbers 35
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Towns for the Levites
35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,(A) the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in(B) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands(C) around the towns. 3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.(D)
4 “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits[a] from the town wall. 5 Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits[b](E) on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.(F)
Cities of Refuge(G)
6 “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee.(H) In addition, give them forty-two other towns. 7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands. 8 The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”(I)
9 Then the Lord said to Moses: 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,(J) 11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone(K) accidentally(L) may flee. 12 They will be places of refuge from the avenger,(M) so that anyone accused of murder(N) may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.(O) 13 These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.(P) 14 Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge. 15 These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.
16 “‘If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with an iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.(Q) 17 Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. 18 Or if anyone is holding a wooden object and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood(R) shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.(S) 20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally(T) so that they die 21 or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death;(U) that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood(V) shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
22 “‘But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally(W) 23 or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended, 24 the assembly(X) must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. 25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest,(Y) who was anointed(Z) with the holy oil.(AA)
26 “‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled 27 and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder. 28 The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.
29 “‘This is to have the force of law(AB) for you throughout the generations to come,(AC) wherever you live.(AD)
30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(AE)
31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(AF) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
32 “‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.
33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(AG) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land(AH) where you live and where I dwell,(AI) for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.’”
Footnotes
- Numbers 35:4 That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters
- Numbers 35:5 That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters
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