When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whoseland the LORD thy God giveththee, and thousucceedestthem, and dwellest in theircities, and in theirhouses;
Thoushaltpreparethee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveththee to inherit, intothreeparts, thateveryslayer may fleethither.
As when a man goethinto the woodwith his neighbour to hew wood, and his handfetcheth a strokewith the ax to cut down the tree, and the headslippethfrom the helve, and lightethupon his neighbour, that he die; he shallfleeunto one of thosecities, and live:
Lest the avenger of the bloodpursue 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 timepast.
If thoushaltkeep all thesecommandments to do them, which I commandtheethis day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walkever in his ways; thenshaltthou add threecitiesmore for thee, besidethesethree:
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortallythat he die, and fleethinto one of thesecities:
Thoushalt not remove thy neighbour’slandmark, whichthey of old timehave set in thineinheritance, whichthoushaltinherit in the landthat the LORD thy God giveththee to possess it.
One witnessshall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of threewitnesses, shall the matter be established.