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The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

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They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

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They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.

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They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.

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They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab.

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They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.

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They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.

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They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

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They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.

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Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

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Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

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and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given given the land to you to possess it.

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You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

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“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.

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It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.”

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),

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then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;

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and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;

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and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

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“‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.

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“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;

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from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;

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and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.

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“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;

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and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”

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Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

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for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

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the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

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These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

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Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.

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Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

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Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

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These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

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“Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.

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The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.

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“The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.

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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 midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

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All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.

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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 of his cities to the Levites.”

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

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The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

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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.

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For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

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“‘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.

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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.

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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.

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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

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If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

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or in enmity 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.

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“‘But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

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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, neither sought his harm;

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then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

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and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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“‘But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,

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and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

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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 shall return into the land of his possession.

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“‘These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

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“‘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.

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“‘You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

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“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.

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You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.’”

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The heads of the fathers’ [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of the children of Israel:

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and they said, “Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

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If they are married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

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When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

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Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Yahweh, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.

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This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.

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So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

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So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall each keep his own inheritance.”

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The daughters of Zelophehad did as Yahweh commanded Moses:

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for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons.

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They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

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These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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It is eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

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It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;

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after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

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Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

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“Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived long enough in this mountain:

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turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near there, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.