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Ang mga Banwa nga Dalangpan(A)

19 “Kon laglagon na sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios ang mga nasyon nga ang ila duta ginahatag niya sa inyo, kag kon mapalayas na ninyo sila kag didto na kamo nagaestar sa ila mga banwa kag mga balay, magpili kamo sang tatlo ka banwa nga dalangpan sa duta nga ginahatag sa inyo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios nga inyo panag-iyahan. Partidaha ninyo sa tatlo ka distrito ang duta nga ginahatag sa inyo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios, nga may isa ka banwa nga dalangpan sa kada distrito. Kay-uha ninyo ang mga dalan pakadto sa sini nga mga banwa, agod nga ang bisan sin-o nga makapatay sang tawo makapalagyo sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa. Kon ang isa ka tawo nakapatay sang iya isigkatawo nga indi niya hungod kag wala man sing dumot, makapalagyo siya sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa nga dalangpan kag wala sing may mag-ano sa iya.

“Halimbawa, nagkadto ang isa ka tawo upod sang iya kaingod sa kakahuyan sa pagpangahoy. Samtang nagautod siya sang kahoy gulpi lang nga nahukas ang ulo sang iya wasay kag naigo ang iya kaingod kag napatay. Puwede siya makapalagyo sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa nga dalangpan kag wala sing may mag-ano sa iya. Kon isa lang ang banwa nga dalangpan basi malayo ini para sa tawo nga nakapatay, kag malagas siya sang tawo nga gusto magbalos sa iya, kag mapatay siya. Pero indi siya dapat nga patyon kay ang iya pagpatay indi hungod kag wala man sing dumot. Amo ini ang rason kon ngaa ginasugo ko kamo sa pagpili sang tatlo ka banwa nga dalangpan.

“Palaparon sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios ang inyo teritoryo suno sa iya ginpromisa sa inyo mga katigulangan, kag mangin inyo na ang bug-os nga duta nga iya ginpromisa sa ila. Himuon ini sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios kon sundon ninyo sing maayo ining tanan nga sugo nga ginasugo ko sa inyo subong, nga higugmaon ninyo siya kag magkabuhi kamo permi suno sa iya mga pamaagi. Kon maglapad na ang inyo teritoryo, magdugang kamo sang tatlo pa ka banwa nga dalangpan. 10 Dugangi ninyo ang banwa nga dalangpan agod wala sing inosente nga tawo nga mapatay sa inyo duta nga ginahatag sa inyo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios bilang palanublion ninyo, kag agod indi kamo pagsukton kon may inosente nga tawo nga mapatay.

11 “Pero kon ang isa ka tawo nagadumot sa iya kapareho kag ginbantayan niya ini kag ginpatay, kag dayon nagpalagyo siya sa isa sa mga banwa nga dalangpan, 12 kinahanglan nga ipakuha siya sang mga manugdumala sang iya banwa kag itugyan sa gusto magbalos sa iya agod patyon siya. 13 Indi ninyo siya pagkaluoyi. Kinahanglan nga dulaon ninyo sa Israel ang pagpamatay sa mga inosente nga mga tawo agod mangin maayo ang inyo kahimtangan.

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Cities of Refuge(A)

19 When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses,(B) then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.

This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought. For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life. Otherwise, the avenger of blood(C) might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought. This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

If the Lord your God enlarges your territory,(D) as he promised(E) on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them, because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him(F)—then you are to set aside three more cities. 10 Do this so that innocent blood(G) will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.(H)

11 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor,(I) and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die. 13 Show no pity.(J) You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,(K) so that it may go well with you.

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19 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

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Ang mga Banwa nga Dalangpan(A)

20 Karon, nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Josue, “Silinga ang mga Israelinhon nga magpili sila sang mga banwa nga dalangpan suno sa ginsiling ko sadto sa inyo paagi kay Moises. Ang tawo nga nakapatay nga indi hungod makapalagyo didto kag makapanago sa mga tawo nga gusto magbalos sa iya. Makapalagyo siya sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa, kag mag-atubang sa mga manugdumala didto sa may puwertahan sang banwa kag magpaathag sa ila parte sa natabo. Dayon pasudlon siya kag didto paestaron. Kon lagson siya didto sang gusto magbalos sa iya, indi siya pag-itugyan sang mga pumuluyo. Pagaapinan nila siya tungod kay indi hungod ang pagpatay niya sa iya isigkatawo, kag ginhimo niya ini indi tungod sa iya kaakig. Magatiner siya sa amo nga banwa hasta mabista ang iya kaso sa atubangan sang katilingban, kag hasta mapatay ang pangulo nga pari nga nagaalagad sa sadto nga tion. Dayon makapauli na siya sa ila.”

Gani ginpili nila ang Kedesh sa Galilea sa kabukiran sang Naftali, ang Shekem sa kabukiran sang Efraim, kag ang Kiriat Arba (nga amo ang Hebron), sa kabukiran sang Juda. Sa sidlangan sang Suba sang Jordan malapit sa Jerico, ginpili nila ang Bezer sa kamingawan sang kapatagan nga sakop sang tribo ni Reuben, ang Ramot sa Gilead nga sakop sang tribo ni Gad, kag ang Golan sa Bashan nga sakop sang tribo ni Manase. Amo ini ang mga banwa nga dalangpan nga ginpili para sa mga Israelinhon kag sa mga indi Israelinhon nga nagaestar upod sa ila. Ang bisan sin-o nga makapatay nga indi hungod makadangop didto, agod indi siya pagpatyon sang gusto nga magbalos sa iya, sa wala pa mabista ang iya kaso sa atubangan sang katilingban.

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Cities of Refuge(A)

20 Then the Lord said to Joshua: “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally(B) may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.(C) When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate(D) and state their case before the elders(E) of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly(F) and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

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

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20 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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 were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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