约书亚记 20
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
避難城（參(A)
20 耶和華對約書亞說： 2 “你要告訴以色列人：‘你們要照著我藉著摩西命令你們的，為自己設立避難城， 3 好使那出於錯誤、並非蓄意殺人的，可以逃到那裡去；這些城要成為你們逃避報血仇的人的避難所。 4 那殺人的要逃到這些城中的一座，站在城門口，把自己的事情向城中的眾長老述說，長老就要把他接入城中，到他們那裡，並要給他地方，使他可以住在他們中間。 5 如果報血仇的人追趕他，長老不可把他交在報血仇的人手裡，因為他並非蓄意殺人，他以前與他並沒有仇恨。 6 那殺人的要住在那城裡，直到他站在會眾面前受審；等到當時的大祭司死了，才可以回到本城本家，回到他逃出來的城那裡。’”
7 於是以色列人在拿弗他利山地，把加利利的基低斯分別出來；在以法蓮山地，把示劍分別出來；在猶大山地，把基列．亞巴分別出來，基列．亞巴就是希伯崙； 8 又在約旦河東，耶利哥的東面，從流本支派中，指定在曠野平原上的比悉；從迦得支派中，指定在基列的拉末；從瑪拿西支派中，指定在巴珊的哥蘭。 9 這些都是為所有的以色列人，和在他們中間寄居的外族人所指定的城，讓誤殺人的可以逃到那裡，不致死在報血仇的人手裡，直到他站在會眾面前受審為止。
Joshua 20
New International Reader's Version
Cities to Run to for Safety
20 Then the Lord spoke to Joshua. He said, 2 “Tell the Israelites to choose the cities to go to for safety, just as I directed you through Moses. 3 Anyone who kills a person by accident can run there for safety. So can anyone who kills a person without meaning to. The one charged with murder will be kept safe from the nearest male relative of the person killed. 4 Suppose those who are charged with murder run for safety to one of these cities. Then they must stand in the entrance of the city gate. They must state their case in front of the elders of that city. The elders must let them come into their city. The elders must provide a place for them to live in their city. 5 Suppose the nearest male relative of the person killed chases the one charged with murder. Then the elders must not hand them over to that relative. That’s because that person didn’t mean to kill their neighbor. They didn’t make evil plans to do it. 6 They must stay in that city until their case has been brought to the community court. They must stay there until the high priest serving at that time dies. Then they can go back to their own home. They can return to the town they ran away from.”
7 So the Israelites set apart Kedesh in Galilee. It’s in the hill country of Naphtali. They set apart Shechem. It’s in the hill country of Ephraim. They set apart Kiriath Arba. It’s in the hill country of Judah. Kiriath Arba is also called Hebron. 8 On the east side of the Jordan River near Jericho they chose Bezer. It’s in the desert on the high plains. It’s in the territory of the tribe of Reuben. They chose Ramoth in Gilead. It’s in the territory of the tribe of Gad. They chose Golan in the land of Bashan. It’s in the territory of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 Suppose you kill someone by accident. Or another Israelite does it. Or an outsider who lives among you does it. Then any of you can run for safety to one of these cities that have been chosen. There you won’t be killed by the nearest male relative of the person killed by accident. First your case must be brought to the community court.
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