¹Cum disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus gentes,“When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations,quarum tibi traditurus est terram,whose land he will deliver to you,et possederis eam, habitaverisque in urbibus ejus et in ædibus:and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,

¹Cum disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus gentes,“When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations,quarum tibi traditurus est terram,whose land he will deliver to you,et possederis eam, habitaverisque in urbibus ejus et in ædibus:and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,

²tres civitates separabis tibi in medio terræ,you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land,quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in possessionem,which the Lord will give to you as a possession,

²tres civitates separabis tibi in medio terræ,you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land,quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in possessionem,which the Lord will give to you as a possession,

³sternens diligenter viam:paving the road carefully.et in tres æqualiter partes totam terræ tuæ provinciam divides:And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts,ut habeat e vicino qui propter homicidium profugus est, quo possit evadere.so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.

³sternens diligenter viam:paving the road carefully.et in tres æqualiter partes totam terræ tuæ provinciam divides:And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts,ut habeat e vicino qui propter homicidium profugus est, quo possit evadere.so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.

⁴Hæc erit lex homicidæ fugientis,This shall be the law of the killer who flees,cujus vita servanda est:whose life is to be saved.qui percusserit proximum suum nesciens,Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly,et qui heri et nudiustertius nullum contra eum odium habuisse comprobatur:and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,

⁴Hæc erit lex homicidæ fugientis,This shall be the law of the killer who flees,cujus vita servanda est:whose life is to be saved.qui percusserit proximum suum nesciens,Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly,et qui heri et nudiustertius nullum contra eum odium habuisse comprobatur:and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,

⁵sed abiisse cum eo simpliciter in silvam ad ligna cædenda,such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood,et in succisione lignorum securis fugerit manu,and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand,ferrumque lapsum de manubrio amicum ejus percusserit, et occiderit:or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him:hic ad unam supradictarum urbium confugiet, et vivet:he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.

⁵sed abiisse cum eo simpliciter in silvam ad ligna cædenda,such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood,et in succisione lignorum securis fugerit manu,and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand,ferrumque lapsum de manubrio amicum ejus percusserit, et occiderit:or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him:hic ad unam supradictarum urbium confugiet, et vivet:he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.

⁶ne forsitan proximus ejus, cujus effusus est sanguis,Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed,dolore stimulatus,impelled by his grief,persequatur, et apprehendat eum si longior via fuerit,might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long,et percutiat animam ejus, qui non est reus mortis:and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death,quia nullum contra eum, qui occisus est, odium prius habuisse monstratur.since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.

⁶ne forsitan proximus ejus, cujus effusus est sanguis,Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed,dolore stimulatus,impelled by his grief,persequatur, et apprehendat eum si longior via fuerit,might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long,et percutiat animam ejus, qui non est reus mortis:and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death,quia nullum contra eum, qui occisus est, odium prius habuisse monstratur.since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.

⁷Idcirco præcipio tibi,For this reason,ut tres civitates æqualis inter se spatii dividas.I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.

⁷Idcirco præcipio tibi,For this reason,ut tres civitates æqualis inter se spatii dividas.I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.

⁸Cum autem dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos,And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders,sicut juravit patribus tuis,just as he swore to your fathers,et dederit tibi cunctam terram, quam eis pollicitus estand when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,

⁸Cum autem dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos,And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders,sicut juravit patribus tuis,just as he swore to your fathers,et dederit tibi cunctam terram, quam eis pollicitus estand when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,

⁹(si tamen custodieris mandata ejus, et feceris, quæ hodie præcipio tibi,(but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day,ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum,so that you love the Lord your God,et ambules in viis ejus omni tempore), addes tibi tres alias civitates,and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities,et supradictarum trium urbium numerum duplicabis:and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.

⁹(si tamen custodieris mandata ejus, et feceris, quæ hodie præcipio tibi,(but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day,ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum,so that you love the Lord your God,et ambules in viis ejus omni tempore), addes tibi tres alias civitates,and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities,et supradictarum trium urbium numerum duplicabis:and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.

¹⁰ut non effundatur sanguis innoxius in medio terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi possidendam,So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess,ne sis sanguinis reus.lest you be guilty of blood.

¹⁰ut non effundatur sanguis innoxius in medio terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi possidendam,So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess,ne sis sanguinis reus.lest you be guilty of blood.

¹¹Si quis autem,But if anyone,odio habens proximum suum,having hatred for his neighbor,insidiatus fuerit vitæ ejus,will have lain in ambush for his life,surgensque percusserit illum,and, rising up, will have struck him,et mortuus fuerit,and he will have died,fugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus,and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,

¹¹Si quis autem,But if anyone,odio habens proximum suum,having hatred for his neighbor,insidiatus fuerit vitæ ejus,will have lain in ambush for his life,surgensque percusserit illum,and, rising up, will have struck him,et mortuus fuerit,and he will have died,fugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus,and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,

¹²mittent seniores civitatis illius,the elders of his city shall send,et arripient eum de loco effugii,and they shall take him from the place of refuge,tradentque in manu proximi, cujus sanguis effusus est,and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed,et morietur.and he shall die.

¹²mittent seniores civitatis illius,the elders of his city shall send,et arripient eum de loco effugii,and they shall take him from the place of refuge,tradentque in manu proximi, cujus sanguis effusus est,and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed,et morietur.and he shall die.

¹³Non miseraberis ejus,You shall not take pity on him,et auferes innoxium sanguinem de Israël,and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel,ut bene sit tibi.so that it may be well with you.

¹³Non miseraberis ejus,You shall not take pity on him,et auferes innoxium sanguinem de Israël,and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel,ut bene sit tibi.so that it may be well with you.

¹⁴Non assumes,You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor,et transferes terminos proximi tui,which those before you have placed,quos fixerunt priores in possessione tua,in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you,quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in terra quam acceperis possidendam.in the land you will receive to possess.

¹⁴Non assumes,You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor,et transferes terminos proximi tui,which those before you have placed,quos fixerunt priores in possessione tua,in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you,quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in terra quam acceperis possidendam.in the land you will receive to possess.

¹⁵Non stabit testis unus contra aliquem,One witness shall not stand against another,quidquid illud peccati, et facinoris fuerit:no matter what the sin or outrage may be.sed in ore duorum aut trium testium stabit omne verbum.For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

¹⁵Non stabit testis unus contra aliquem,One witness shall not stand against another,quidquid illud peccati, et facinoris fuerit:no matter what the sin or outrage may be.sed in ore duorum aut trium testium stabit omne verbum.For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

¹⁶Si steterit testis mendax contra hominem,If a lying witness will have stood against a man,accusans eum prævaricationis,accusing him of a transgression,

¹⁶Si steterit testis mendax contra hominem,If a lying witness will have stood against a man,accusans eum prævaricationis,accusing him of a transgression,

¹⁷stabunt ambo, quorum causa est, ante Dominum in conspectu sacerdotum et judicum qui fuerint in diebus illis.both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.

¹⁷stabunt ambo, quorum causa est, ante Dominum in conspectu sacerdotum et judicum qui fuerint in diebus illis.both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.

¹⁸Cumque diligentissime perscrutantes,And when, after a very diligent examination,invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium,they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,

¹⁸Cumque diligentissime perscrutantes,And when, after a very diligent examination,invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium,they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,

¹⁹reddent ei sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit,they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother.et auferes malum de medio tui:And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

¹⁹reddent ei sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit,they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother.et auferes malum de medio tui:And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²⁰ut audientes ceteri timorem habeant,Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid,et nequaquam talia audeant facere.and they will by no means dare to do such things.

²⁰ut audientes ceteri timorem habeant,Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid,et nequaquam talia audeant facere.and they will by no means dare to do such things.

²¹Non misereberis ejus,You shall not take pity on him.sed animam pro anima, oculum pro oculo,Instead, you shall require a life for a life,dentem pro dente,an eye for an eye,manum pro manu,a tooth for a tooth,pedem pro pede exiges.a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”

²¹Non misereberis ejus,You shall not take pity on him.sed animam pro anima, oculum pro oculo,Instead, you shall require a life for a life,dentem pro dente,an eye for an eye,manum pro manu,a tooth for a tooth,pedem pro pede exiges.a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”