Hi, and welcome
to His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
today we are going to be reading
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about the
wanderings and the journeys
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of the children of
Israel in the wilderness.
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And I think everyone of
us at some point in our lives
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knows loneliness or
trial, and sometimes we think
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of it and referring it
to a desert or a wandering
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in the desert. But the Bible
tells us that the words of God
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can be a light
to our path. And so,
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for those of you
who are watching today
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and perhaps feeling a
bit dark and wilderness-like
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in your life right now, I trust
these words will bring comfort
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to you. Before we
start, let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so much
for sending Your words of life.
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to be a light to us and to firm
up the path that we walk on.
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Please walk with now as we read
Your word. Send the Holy Spirit
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to teach us the lessons
You wish for us to learn.
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We love You so much and
thank You for loving us. Amen.
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We're starting in the
book of Numbers, in verse 42 of
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chapter 32 and then we'll
go right on into chapter 33
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But we're picking up with just
that last verse of chapter 32.
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And Nobah went and took Kenath,
and the villages thereof,
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and called it
Nobah, after his own name.
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Continuing now in
Numbers, chapter 33.
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This is the King James Version.
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These are the journeys
of the children of Israel,
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which went forth our of the
land of Egypt with their armies
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under the hand of Moses
and Aaron. And Moses wrote
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their goings out
according to their journeys
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by the commandment of the Lord:
and these are their journeys
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according to their goings out.
And they departed from Rameses
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in the first month, on the
fifteenth day of the first month
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on the morrow after the Passover
the children of Israel went out
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with an high hand in the
sight of all the Egyptians.
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For the Egyptians buried all
their firstborn, which the Lord
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had smitten among them:
upon their gods also the Lord
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executed judgments. And
the children of Israel removed
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from Rameses, and pitched
in Succoth. And they departed
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from Succoth, and pitched in
Etham which is in the edge of
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the wilderness. And
they removed from Etham,
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and turned again unto Pihahiroth
which is before Baalzephon:
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and they pitched before Migdol.
And they departed from before
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Pihahiroth, and passed
through the midst of the sea
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into the wilderness,
and went three day's journey
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in the wilderness of
Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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And they removed from Marah,
and came to Elim: and in Elim
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were twelve fountains of water,
and threescore and ten palm
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trees: and they pitched there.
And they removed from Elim,
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and encamped by the
Red Sea. And in Numbers 33,
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verses 11 and on down to verse
37 is recorded all the different
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places that they wandered and
stopped and pitched their tents,
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and wandered again. So we're
going to skip over all of those
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different names and picking
up again now in Numbers 33,
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verse 38, King James Version.
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And Aaron the priest
went up into Mount Hor
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at the commandment of the Lord,
and died there, in the 40th year
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after the children of
Israel were come out of the land
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of Egypt, in the first
day of the fifth month.
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And Aaron was an hundred
and twenty and three years old
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when he died in mount Hor.
And king Arad the Canaanite,
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which dwelt in the
south, in the land of Canaan,
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heard of the coming of
the children of Israel.
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And they departed from mount
Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah,
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And they departed from
Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
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and continuing on we
skip down again to verse 50
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skipping again all of
the different departings
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and pitchings of their
tents, picking up in Numbers 33
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verse 50. And the Lord spake
unto Moses in the plains of Moab
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by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Speak unto the children of
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Israel and say unto them,
When ye are passed over Jordan
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into the land of Canaan;
Then ye shall drive out all
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the inhabitants of
the land from before you,
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and destroy all their pictures,
and destroy all their molten
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images, and quite pluck
down all their high places:
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And ye shall disposses
the inhabitants of the land,
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and dwell therein: for I have
given you the land to possess
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it. And ye shall divide the
land by lot for an inheritance
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among your families: and
to the more ye shall give
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the more inheritance, and to
the fewer ye shall give the less
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inheritance: every man's
inheritance shall be in the
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place where his lot falleth;
according to the tribes of
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your fathers ye shall inherit.
But if ye will not drive out
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the inhabitants of the land
from before you; then it shall
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come to pass that those
which ye let remain of them
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shall be pricks in your
eyes, and thorns in your sides,
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and shall vex you in
the land wherein ye dwell.
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Moreover it shall come to
pass, that I shall do unto you,
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as I thought to do unto them.
Picking up in Numbers chapter 34
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of the King James Version.
And the Lord spake unto Moses,
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saying, Command the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
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When ye come into the land of
Canaan; (this is the land that
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shall fall unto you for
an inheritance, even the land
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of Canaan with
the coasts thereof:)
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Then your south quarter shall
be from the wilderness of Zin
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along by the coast of
Edom, and your south border
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shall be the outmost
coast of the salt sea eastward:
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And your border shall turn
from the south to the ascent of
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Akrabbim, and pass on to
Zin: and the going forth thereof
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shall be from the
south to Kadeshbarnea,
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and shall go on to Hazaraddar,
and pass on to Azmon:
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And the border shall
fetch a compass from Azmon
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unto the river of Egypt, and
the goings out of it shall be
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at the sea. And as
for the western border,
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ye shall even have the great sea
for a border: this shall be your
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west border. And this
shall be your north border:
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from the great sea ye shall
point out for you Mount Hor:
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From mount Hor ye
shall point out your border
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unto the entrance of Hamath;
and the goings forth of the
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border shall be to Zedad:
And the border shall go on
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to Ziphron, and the goings
out of it shall be at Hazarenan:
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this shall be your north border.
And ye shall point out your east
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border from Hazarenan to Shepham
and the coast shall go down
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from Shepham to Riblah on the
east side of Ain; and the border
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shall descend and shall reach
unto the side of the sea of
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Chinnereth eastward: And the
border shall go down to Jordan,
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and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea:
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this shall be your land with
the coasts thereof round about.
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And Moses commanded the
children of Israel, saying,
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This is the land which ye shall
inherit by lot, which the Lord
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commanded to give unto the nine
tribes, and to the half tribe:
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For the tribe of the children
of Reuben according to the house
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of their fathers, and the
tribe of the children of Gad
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According to the house of their
fathers, have received their
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inheritance; and half the tribe
of Manasseh have received their
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inheritance: The two tribes
and the half tribe have received
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their inheritance on this side
Jordan near Jericho eastward,
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toward the sun rising. And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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These are the names of the
men which shall divide the land
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unto you: Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun.
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And ye shall take one prince of
every tribe, to divide the land
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by inheritance. And again
we're going to skip verses 19
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all the way down to verse 28.
And we'll pick up with verse 29.
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Because in the verses that
we just skipped are the names of
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all the different men of
the tribes - the various tribes
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who the lots were being
cast for and by. These are they
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whom the Lord commanded
to divide the inheritance
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unto the children of
Israel in the land of Canaan.
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Picking up now in chapter 35.
And the Lord spake unto Moses
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in the plains of Moab, by
Jordan near Jericho, saying,
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Command the children of Israel,
that they give unto the Levites
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of the inheritance of their
possession, cities to dwell in;
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and ye shall give also unto the
Levites suburbs for the cities
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round about them. And the
cities shall they have to dwell
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in; and the suburbs of
them shall be for their cattle,
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and for their goods,
and for all their beasts.
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And the suburbs of the cities,
which ye shall give unto the
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Levites, shall reach from
the wall of the city and outward
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a thousand cubits round
about. And ye shall measure from
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without the city on the
east side two thousand cubits,
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and on the south
side, two thousand cubits,
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and on the west
side, two thousand cubits,
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and on the north
side two thousand cubits.
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And the city shall be in
the midst: this shall be to them
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the suburbs of the
cities. And among the cities
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which ye shall give unto
the Levites there shall be six
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cities for refuge which ye
shall appoint for the manslayer
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that he may flee thither:
and to them ye shall add forty
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and two cities. So all the
cities which ye shall give to
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the Levites shall be forty and
eight cities: them shall ye give
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with their suburbs. And
the cities which ye shall give
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shall be of the possession
of the children of Israel:
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from them that have many ye
shall give many; but from them
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that have few ye shall give
few: every one shall give of his
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cities unto the Levites
according to his inheritance
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which he inherited. And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
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When ye be come over
Jordan into the land of Canaan;
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Then ye shall appoint you
cities to be cities of refuge
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for you; that the slayer
may flee thither, which killeth
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any person at unawares. And
they shall be unto you cities
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for refuge from the avenger;
that the manslayer die not,
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until he stand before
the congregation in judgment.
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And of these cities which ye
shall give, six cities shall ye
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have for refuge. Ye shall give
three cities on this side Jordan
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and three cities shall ye
give in the land of Canaan,
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which shall be cities
of refuge, these six cities
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shall be a refuge, both for the
children of Israel and for the
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stranger, and for
the sojourner among them:
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that every one that killeth
any person unawares may flee
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thither. And if he smite
him with an instrument of iron,
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so that he die, he is
a murderer, the murderer
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shall surely be put to
death. And if he smite him with
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throwing a stone wherewith
he may die, and he die,
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he is a murderer: and
the murderer shall surely be
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put to death. Or if he
smite him with an hand weapon
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of wood, wherewith he may die,
and he die, he is a murderer:
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the murderer shall surly be put
to death. The revenger of blood
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himself shall slay the
murderer: when he meeteth him,
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he shall slay him. But
if he thrust him of hatred,
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or hurl at him by laying
of wait, that he may die;
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or in enmity smite him
with his hand, that he die:
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he that smote him
shall surely be put to death;
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for he is a murderer: the
revenger of blood shall slay
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the murderer, when he meeteth
him. But if he thrust him
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suddenly without enmity, or
have cast upon him any thing
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without laying of wait, or
with any stone, wherewith a man
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may die, seeing him not, and
cast it upon him, that he die,
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and was not his enemy,
neither sought his harm:
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Then the congregation
shall judge between the slayer
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and the revenger of blood,
according to these judgments:
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And the congregation
shall deliver the slayer
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out of the hand of the revenger
of blood, and the congregation
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shall restore him to the city of
his refuge, whither he was fled:
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and he shall abide in it until
the death of the high priest,
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which was anointed with the holy
oil. But if the slayer shall
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at any time come without the
border of the city of his refuge
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whither he was fled; and
the revenger of blood find him
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without the borders of the city
of his refuge, and the revenger
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of blood kill the slayer; he
shall not be guilty of blood:
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Because he should have remained
in the city of his refuge
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until the death of the
high priest: but after the death
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of the high priest the slayer
shall return into the land
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of his possession. So these
things shall be for a statute
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of judgment unto you
throughout your generations
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in all your dwellings. Whoso
killeth any person, the murderer
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shall be put to death
by the mouth of witnesses:
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but one witness shall not
testify against any person
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to cause him to die. Moreover
ye shall take no satisfaction
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for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death:
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but he shall be surely put
to death. And ye shall take no
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satisfaction for him that is
fled to the city of his refuge,
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that he should come
again to dwell in the land,
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until the death of the priest.
So ye shall not pollute the land
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wherein ye are: for blood it
defileth the land: and the land
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cannot be cleansed of the
blood that is shed therein,
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but by the blood
of him that shed it.
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Defile not therefore the
land which ye shall inhabit,
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wherein I dwell: for
I the Lord dwell among
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the children of
Israel. Continuing with Numbers
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chapter 36. And the chief
fathers of the families of
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the children of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
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of the families of the sons
of Joseph, came near and spake
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before Moses, and before
the princes, the chief fathers
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of the children of Israel: And
they said, The Lord commanded
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my Lord to give the land
for an inheritance by lot
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to the children of Israel:
and my lord was commanded
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by the Lord to give the
inheritance of Zelophehad
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our brother unto his daughters.
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