Josué 20

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1 Yahveh dijo a Josué:	1 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:
2 «Habla a los israelitas y diles: Señalaos las ciudades de asilo de las que os hablé por medio de Moisés,	2 Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,
3 a las que pueda huir el homicida que haya matado a alguien por inadvertencia (sin querer), y que le sirvan de asilo contra el vengador de la sangre.	3 so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.
4 (El homicida huirá a una de estas ciudades: se detendrá a la entrada de la puerta de la ciudad y expondrá su caso a los ancianos de la ciudad. Estos le admitirán en su ciudad y le señalarán una casa para que habite con ellos.	4 And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.
5 Si el vengador de la sangre le persigue, no le entregarán al homicida en su manos, pues ha herido a su prójimo sin querer, y no le tenía odio anteriormente.	5 And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.
6 El homicida habrá de permanecer en la ciudad, hasta que comparezca en juicio ante la comunidad, hasta la muerte del Sumo Sacerdote que esté en funciones por aquel tiempo. Entonces el homicida podrá volver a sus ciudad y a su casa, a la ciudad de la que huyó».	6 And he shall live in that city, until he stands before judgment in order to render the facts of his case, and until the death of the high priest, whoever it will be in that time. Then the one who killed a man may return, and he may enter his own city and house, from which he had fled.”
7 Consagraron: Quedes en Galilea, en la montaña de Neftalí, Siquem en la montaña de Efraím, Quiryat Arbá, o sea Hebrón, en la montaña de Judá.	7 And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.
8 En Transjordania, al oriente de Jericó, se designó Béser, de la tribu de Rubén, en el desierto, en el llano; Ramot en Galaad, de la tribu de Gad, y Golán en Basán, de la tribu de Manasés.	8 And beyond the Jordan, opposite the eastern side of Jericho, they appointed Bezer, which is situated on the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Estas son las ciudades designadas para todos los israelitas, así como para el forastero residente entre ellos, para que pueda refugiarse en ellas cualquiera que haya matado a alguien por inadvertencia, y no muera a manos del vengador de la sangre, hasta que comparezca ante la comunidad.	9 These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.