Josua 20 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk King James Version

Josua 20 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Tilflugtsbyerne

1 Herren sagde til Josva: 2 „Sig til Israels folk, at de skal udvælge de tilflugtsbyer, jeg talte til Moses om. 3 Hvis nogen ved et uheld kommer til at slå et andet menneske ihjel, kan han flygte til en af disse byer, så han er i sikkerhed for den dræbtes slægtninge, som vil hævne drabet. 4 Når en sådan drabsmand ankommer til en af disse byer, skal han over for byrådet, som sidder på pladsen indenfor porten, forklare, hvad der er sket, hvorefter de skal lade ham få adgang til byen og give ham husly. 5 Hvis den dødes slægtning så kommer for at hævne drabet, må drabsmanden ikke udleveres, for drabet skete ved et uheld. 6 Drabsmanden skal blive i byen, indtil han har været stillet for retten, og sagen er afgjort. Selv om han bliver kendt uskyldig, kan han ikke forlade byen, før den mand, der var ypperstepræst, da ulykken skete, er død. Derefter kan han frit vende hjem til sin by.” 7 Følgende byer vest for Jordanfloden blev udpeget som tilflugtsbyer: Kedesh i Galilæa i Naftalis højland; Sikem i Efraims højland; og Kirjat-Arba, som også kaldes Hebron, i Judas højland. 8 Øst for Jordanfloden blev følgende tre byer udpeget som tilflugtsbyer: Betzer i ørkenområdet på Rubens territorium; Ramot i Gilead på Gads territorium; og Golan i Bashan på Manasses territorium. 9 I disse tilflugtsbyer kunne både israelitterne og de fremmede iblandt dem være i sikkerhed for hævnmordere, hvis de ved et uheld var kommet til at slå et andet menneske ihjel. Her havde de frit lejde, indtil der faldt offentlig dom i sagen.

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King James Version
1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 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. 9 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.