Números 35
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Ciudades para los levitas y ciudades de refugio
35 (A)El Señor habló a Moisés en las llanuras de Moab, junto al Jordán, frente a Jericó y le dijo: 2 «Manda a los israelitas que de la herencia de su posesión den a los levitas ciudades en que puedan habitar; también darán a los levitas tierras de pasto alrededor de las ciudades. 3 Las ciudades serán suyas para habitar; y sus tierras de pasto serán para sus animales, para sus ganados y para todas sus bestias(B).
4 »Las tierras de pasto de las ciudades que darán a los levitas se extenderán desde la muralla de la ciudad hacia afuera 1,000 codos (450 metros) alrededor. 5 Medirán también afuera de la ciudad, al lado oriental 2,000 codos (900 metros), al lado sur 2,000 codos, al lado occidental 2,000 codos, y al lado norte 2,000 codos, con la ciudad en el centro. Esto será de ellos para tierras de pasto en las ciudades.
6 »De las ciudades que ustedes darán a los levitas, seis serán ciudades de refugio(C). Darán estas ciudades para que el que haya matado a alguien huya a ellas. Además de estas, les darán cuarenta y dos ciudades. 7 Todas las ciudades que ustedes darán a los levitas serán cuarenta y ocho ciudades(D), junto con sus tierras de pasto. 8 En cuanto a las ciudades que darán de la posesión de los israelitas, tomarán más del más grande y tomarán menos del más pequeño; cada uno dará algunas de sus ciudades a los levitas en proporción a la posesión que herede(E)».
9 Luego el Señor dijo a Moisés: 10 «(F)Habla a los israelitas, y diles: “Cuando crucen el Jordán a la tierra de Canaán, 11 escogerán para ustedes ciudades para que sean sus ciudades de refugio(G), a fin de que pueda huir allí el que haya matado a alguna persona sin intención(H). 12 Las ciudades serán para ustedes como refugio contra el vengador, para que el que haya matado a alguien no muera hasta que comparezca delante de la congregación para juicio(I).
13 ”Las ciudades que darán serán sus seis ciudades de refugio. 14 Darán tres ciudades al otro lado del Jordán y tres ciudades(J) en la tierra de Canaán; serán ciudades de refugio. 15 Estas seis ciudades serán por refugio para los israelitas, y para el extranjero y para el peregrino entre ellos, para que huya allí cualquiera que sin intención(K) mate a una persona.
16 ”Pero si lo hirió con un objeto de hierro, y murió, es un asesino; al asesino ciertamente se le dará muerte(L). 17 Y si lo hirió con una piedra en la mano, por la cual pueda morir, y muere, es un asesino; al asesino ciertamente se le dará muerte(M). 18 O si lo golpeó con un objeto de madera en la mano, por lo cual pueda morir, y muere, es un asesino; al asesino ciertamente se le dará muerte. 19 El vengador de sangre, él mismo dará muerte al asesino; le dará muerte cuando se encuentre con él. 20 Y si lo empujó con odio(N), o le arrojó algo mientras lo acechaba, y murió(O), 21 o si lo hirió con la mano en enemistad, y murió, al que lo hirió ciertamente se le dará muerte; es un asesino. El vengador de sangre dará muerte al asesino cuando se encuentre con él.
22 ”Pero si lo empujó súbitamente sin enemistad, o le arrojó algo sin acecharlo(P), 23 o tiró cualquier piedra que pudo matarlo, y sin ver que le cayó encima, murió, no siendo su enemigo ni procurando herirlo, 24 entonces la congregación juzgará entre el que mató y el vengador de la sangre conforme a estas ordenanzas(Q). 25 La congregación librará al acusado de la mano del vengador de sangre, y la congregación lo restaurará a la ciudad de refugio a la cual huyó; y vivirá en ella hasta la muerte del sumo sacerdote que fue ungido con óleo santo.
26 ”Pero si el que causó la muerte del otro sale alguna vez de los límites de la ciudad de refugio a la cual pudo huir, 27 y el vengador de sangre lo encuentra fuera de los límites de la ciudad de refugio, y el vengador de sangre mata al acusado, no será culpable de sangre. 28 Porque el acusado debió haber permanecido en la ciudad de refugio hasta la muerte del sumo sacerdote. Pero después de la muerte del sumo sacerdote, el que mató a otro volverá a su tierra.
29 ”Estas cosas serán por norma de derecho(R) para ustedes por sus generaciones en todas sus moradas. 30 Si alguien mata a una persona, al asesino se le dará muerte(S) ante la evidencia de testigos, pero a ninguna persona se le dará muerte por el testimonio de un solo testigo(T). 31 Además, ustedes no tomarán rescate por la vida de un asesino que es culpable de muerte, sino que de cierto se le dará muerte; 32 y no tomarán rescate por el que ha huido a la ciudad de refugio para que vuelva y habite en la tierra antes de la muerte del sacerdote. 33 Así que no contaminarán la tierra en que están; porque la sangre contamina la tierra(U), y no se puede hacer expiación por la tierra, por la sangre derramada en ella, excepto mediante la sangre del que la derramó(V). 34 Y no contaminarán la tierra en que ustedes viven(W), en medio de la cual Yo habito(X), pues Yo, el Señor, habito en medio de los israelitas”».
Numbers 35
King James Version
35 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
Numbers 35
World English Bible
35 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites. 3 They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals.
4 “The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits[a] around it. 5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the pasture lands of their cities.
6 “The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities. 7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their pasture lands. 8 Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many, and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to the Levites.” 9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. 12 The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. 13 The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreigner living among them, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
16 “‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he 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 “‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm, 24 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. 25 The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he had fled. He shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 “‘But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of 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 man slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29 “‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 “‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain based on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify alone against any person so that he dies.
31 “‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
32 “‘You shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
33 “‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it. 34 You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, Yahweh, dwell among the children of Israel.’”
Footnotes
- 35:4 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
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