¹The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) also spoke unto Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] , saying,

²Speak to the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the hand of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] :

³That the slayer that kills [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

⁴And when he that does 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.

⁵And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he struck his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not formerly.

⁶And 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 what place he fled.

⁷And they appointed Kedesh [Holy Place] in Galil [circuit, district] in mount Naftali [My Wrestling] , and Sh’khem [Shoulder] in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] , and Kiryat-Arba [City of Arba (four)] , which [is] Hevron [Seat of Association] , in the mountain of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] .

⁸And on the other side Yarden [Descender] by Yericho [Its Moon] eastward, they assigned Betzer [Remote Fortress] in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Re’uven [Behold a Son] , and Ramot [Heights] in Gil’ad [Rocky Region] out of the tribe of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] , and Golan [Their Captivity] in Bashan [Fruitful] out of the tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] .

⁹These were the cities appointed for all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whosoever kills [any] person at unawares might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.