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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
Daily Meditation
29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Today’s Reading
Numbers 35
Command the children
of Israel
1 And the Lord spake
unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the
children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their
possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs
for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in;
and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for
all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the
Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits
round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand
cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two
thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall
be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among
the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for
refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and
to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall
give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with
their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession
of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but
from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities
unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9 And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 then ye shall appoint
you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither,
which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for
refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the
congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities
shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan,
and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of
refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel,
and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that
killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he smite him with an
instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely
be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may
die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he
die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The
revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he
shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of
wait, that he die; 21 or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he
that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger
of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him
suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of
wait, 23 or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast
it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 24
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood
according to these judgments: 25 and the congregation shall deliver the slayer
out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore
him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it
unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But
if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his
refuge, whither he was fled; 27 and the revenger of blood find him without the
borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer;
he shall not be guilty of blood: 28 because he should have remained in the city
of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the
high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So
these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
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