민35:1 레위 지파의 성읍과
도피성
민35:1 레위인의 기업
민 35:1 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the
LORD said to Moses,
민 35:2 "Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in
from the inheritance the Israelites will poss ess. And give them pasturelands
around the towns.
민 35:3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for their
cattle, flocks and all their other livestock.
민 35:4 "The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites
will extend out fifteen hundred feet from the town wall.
민 35:5 Outside the town, measure three thousand feet on the east side,
three thousand on the south side, three thousan d on the west and three
thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this
area as pastureland for the towns.
민 35:6 "Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge,
to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them
forty-two other towns.
민 35:7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together
with their pasturelands.
민 35:8 The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites
possess are to be given in proportion to the inheri tance of each tribe:
Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few."
민35:9 살인자를 위한 도피성
민 35:9 Then the LORD said to Moses:
민 35:10 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross
the Jordan into Canaan,
민 35:11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a
person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.
민 35:12 They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a
person accused of murder may not die before he stand s trial before the
assembly.
민 35:13 These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.
민 35:14 Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan
as cities of refuge.
민 35:15 These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites,
aliens and any other people living among them, so th at anyone who has
killed another accidentally can flee there.
민35:16 고살자에 대한 규례
민 35:16 "'If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he
dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be p ut to death.
민 35:17 Or if anyone has a stone in his hand that could kill, and
he strikes someone so that he dies, he is a murderer ; the murderer shall
be put to death.
민 35:18 Or if anyone has a wooden object in his hand that could kill,
and he hits someone so that he dies, he is a mur derer; the murderer shall
be put to death.
민 35:19 The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when
he meets him, he shall put him to death.
민 35:20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws
something at him intentionally so that he dies
민 35:21 or if in hostility he hits him with his fist so that he dies,
that person shall be put to death; he is a murde rer. The avenger of blood
shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
민35:22 도피성 규례
민 35:22 "'But if without hostility someone suddenly shoves another
or throws something at him unintentionally
민 35:23 or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill
him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend
to harm him,
민 35:24 the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood
according to these regulations.
민 35:25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the
avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled.
He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed
with the holy oil.
민 35:26 "'But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city
of refuge to which he has fled
민 35:27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger
of blood may kill the accused without being g uilty of murder.
민 35:28 The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death
of the high priest; only after the death of the hi gh priest may he return
to his own property.
민35:29 피 흘림에 관한 규례
민 35:29 "'These are to be legal requirements for you throughout the
generations to come, wherever you live.
민 35:30 "'Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer
only on the testimony of witnesses. But n o one is to be put to death on
the testimony of only one witness.
민 35:31 "'Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves
to die. He must surely be put to death.
민 35:32 "'Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city
of refuge and so allow him to go back and live on his own land before the
death of the high priest.
민 35:33 "'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes
the land, and atonement cannot be made for th e land on which blood has
been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
민 35:34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for
I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.'" |