Josua 20

1 Og HERREN talede til Josua og sagde

The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

2 "Tal til Israeliterne og sig: Afgiv de Tilflugtsbyer, jeg talede til eder om ved Moses,

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,

3 for at en Manddraber, der uforsætligt og af Vanvare slår en ihjel, kan ty til dem, så at de kan være eder Tilflugtssteder mod Blodhævneren.

that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

4 Når han tyr hen til en af disse Byer og stiller sig i Byportens Indgang og forebringer sin Sag for Byens Ældste, skal de optage ham i Byen hos sig og anvise ham et Sted, hvor han kan bo bos dem;

He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

5 og når Blodhævneren forfølger ham, må de ikke udlevere Manddraberen til ham, thi han har slået sin Næste ihjel af Vanvare uden i Forvejen at have båret Nag til ham;

If the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver up the man slayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him before.

6 han skal blive boende i denne By, indtil han har været stillet for Menighedens Domstol, eller den Mand, som på den Tid er Ypperstepræst, dør; derefter kan Manddraberen vende tilbage til sin By og sit Hjem, den By, han er flygtet fra."

He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the man slayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.’”

7 Da helligede de Kedesj i Galilæa i Naftalis Bjerge, Sikem i Efrims Bjerge og Kirjat-Arba, det er Hebron, i Judas Bjerge.

They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

8 Og østen for Jordan afgav de Bezer i Ørkenen, på Højsletten, af Rubens Stamme, Ramot i Gilead at Gads Stamme og Golan i Basan af Manasses Stamme.

Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 Det var de Byer, som fastsattes for alle Israeliterne og de fremmede, som bor iblandt dem, i det Øjemed at enhver, der uforsætligt slår en ihjel, kan ty derhen og undgå Døden for Blodhævnerens Hånd, før han har været stillet for Menighedens Domstol.

These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands trial before the congregation.