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Números 35
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Números 35
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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
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Numbers 35
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Cities for the Levites
35 In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance that they possess, towns for the Levites to live in; you shall also give to the Levites pasture lands surrounding the towns. 3 The towns shall be theirs to live in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle, for their livestock, and for all their animals. 4 The pasture lands of the towns, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the town outwards a thousand cubits all around. 5 You shall measure, outside the town, for the east side two thousand cubits, for the south side two thousand cubits, for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, with the town in the middle; this shall belong to them as pasture land for their towns.
6 The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns. 7 The towns that you give to the Levites shall total forty-eight, with their pasture lands. 8 And as for the towns that you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it obtains, shall give of its towns to the Levites.
Cities of Refuge
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 10 Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that a slayer who kills a person without intent may flee there. 12 The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.
13 The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you: 14 you shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall serve as refuge for the Israelites, for the resident or transient alien among them, so that anyone who kills a person without intent may flee there.
Concerning Murder and Blood-Revenge
16 But anyone who strikes another with an iron object, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. 17 Or anyone who strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. 18 Or anyone who strikes another with a weapon of wood in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood is the one who shall put the murderer to death; when they meet, the avenger of blood shall execute the sentence. 20 Likewise, if someone pushes another from hatred, or hurls something at another, lying in wait, and death ensues, 21 or in enmity strikes another with the hand, and death ensues, then the one who struck the blow shall be put to death; that person is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
22 But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait, 23 or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally[a] drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies, and no harm was intended, 24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances; 25 and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time go outside the bounds of the original city of refuge, 27 and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge, and is killed by the avenger, no blood-guilt shall be incurred. 28 For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return home.
29 These things shall be a statute and ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.
30 If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness. 31 Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death. 32 Nor shall you accept ransom for one who has fled to a city of refuge, enabling the fugitive to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 You shall not pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell; for I the Lord dwell among the Israelites.
Footnotes
- Numbers 35:23 Heb without seeing
Numbers 35
New International Version
Numbers 35
New International Version
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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