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And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;

and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in 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 have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.

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

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