1And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan,

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Numbers 22:1, Numbers 22:1, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 33:50, Numbers 26:63

2ayens Jericho, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei yyue to dekenes of her possessiouns,

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Joshua 14:3, Joshua 14:4, Joshua 14:3, Joshua 14:4, Ezekiel 48:8

3citees to dwelle , and the suburbabis of tho bi cumpas, that thei dwelle in `the citees, and the suburbabis be to beestis, and `werk beestis;

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2 Chronicles 11:14, Joshua 21:11, Ezekiel 45:2, 2 Chronicles 11:14, Joshua 21:11

4whiche suburbabis schulen be strecchid forth fro the wallis of citees with outforth `bi cumpas, in the space of a thousynde paacis;

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5ayens the eest schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and ayens the south in lijk manere schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and at the see that biholdith to the west schal be the same mesure, and the north coost schal be endid bi euene terme. And the citees schulen be in the myddis, and the suburbabis with outforth.

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6Forsothe of tho citees whiche ye schulen yyue to dekenes, sixe schulen be departid in to helpis of fugityues, `ether of fleynge men, that he that schedde blood, fle to tho; and outakun these sixe, ye schulen yyue to dekenes othere two and fourti citees,

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Joshua 21:13, Joshua 21:3, Joshua 21:13, Joshua 21:3, Joshua 21:38

7that is, togidere eiyte and fourti, with her surburbabis.

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1 Chronicles 6:54, 1 Chronicles 6:81, Joshua 21:3, Joshua 21:42, 1 Chronicles 6:54

8And tho citees that schulen be youun of the possessiouns of sones of Israel, schulen be takun awey, mo fro hem that han more, and fewere `schulen be takun awey fro hem that han lesse, alle bi hem silf schulen yyue bi the mesure of her eritage, citees to dekenes.

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Numbers 33:54, Numbers 26:54, Numbers 33:54, Numbers 26:54, Joshua 21:1

9The Lord seide to Moises,

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10Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ye han passid Jordan, in the lond of Canaan,

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Numbers 34:2, Deuteronomy 12:9, Leviticus 14:34, Deuteronomy 19:1, Deuteronomy 19:2

11deme ye whiche citees owen to be in to the helpis of fugityues, whiche not wilfuli han sched blood.

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Exodus 21:13, Exodus 21:13, Joshua 20:2, Numbers 35:6, Joshua 20:2

12In whiche whanne the fleere hath fled, the kynesman of hym that is slayn, schal not mow sle hym, til he stonde in the siyt of the multitude, and the cause of hym be demed.

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Joshua 20:3, Joshua 20:6, Deuteronomy 19:6, Joshua 20:3, Joshua 20:6

13Forsothe of tho citees that ben departid to the helpis of fugityues,

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14thre schulen be ouer Jordan, and thre in the lond of Canaan;

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Deuteronomy 4:41, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 20:9, Deuteronomy 19:8

15as wel to the sones of Israel as to comelyngis and pilgryms; that he fle to tho citees, that schedde blood not wilfuli.

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Numbers 15:16, Numbers 15:16, Leviticus 24:22, Romans 3:29, Exodus 12:49

16If ony man smytith a man with yrun, and he that is smytun is deed, `the smyter schal be gilti of mansleyng, and he schal die.

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Leviticus 24:17, Leviticus 24:17, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Deuteronomy 19:11

17If he castith a stoon, and a man is deed bi the strook, he schal be punyschid in lijk maner.

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Exodus 21:18, Exodus 21:18

18If a man smytun with a staf dieth, he schal be vengid bi `the blood of the smytere.

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19The niy kynesman of hym that is slayn schal sle the mansleere; anoon as he takith hym, `that is, the manquellere, he schal sle hym.

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Joshua 20:5, Numbers 35:21, Deuteronomy 19:6, Joshua 20:3, Deuteronomy 19:12

20If bi haterede a man hurtlith, `ethir schoufith, `a man, ethir castith ony thing in to hym bi aspiyngis,

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Exodus 21:14, Exodus 21:14, Deuteronomy 19:11, Deuteronomy 19:11, 2 Samuel 20:10

21ether whanne he was enemy, smoot with hond, and he is deed, the smytere schal be gilti of mansleyng. The kynesman `of him that is slayn, anoon as he findith him, `that is, the sleere, schal sle hym.

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22That if bi sudeyn caas, and without hatrede and enemytees,

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Exodus 21:13, Numbers 35:11, Exodus 21:13, Numbers 35:11, Joshua 20:5

23he doith ony thing of these;

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24and this is preued in heryng `of the puple, and the questioun of blood is discussid bitwixe the smytere and the kynesman,

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Joshua 20:6, Joshua 20:6, Numbers 35:12, Numbers 35:12

25the innocent schal be delyuered fro the hond of the vengere, and bi sentence of iugis he schal be led ayen in to the citee, to which he fledde, and he schal dwelle there, til the grete preest die, which is anoyntid with oile.

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Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 21:10, Hebrews 7:25

26If the sleere is foundun with out the coostis `of the citees that ben asigned to exilid men,

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27and is slayn of him that is vengere, he that sleeth him, `that is, the exilid man, schal be with out gilt;

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Deuteronomy 19:10, Deuteronomy 19:6, Exodus 22:2, Deuteronomy 19:10, Deuteronomy 19:6

28for the exilid man ouyte sitte in the citee `til to the `deth of the bischop; forsothe aftir that thilke bischop is deed, the mansleere schal turne ayen in to his lond.

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Hebrews 10:39, Hebrews 6:4, Hebrews 6:8, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 9:11

29These schulen be euerlastynge and lawful thingis in alle youre dwellyngis.

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Numbers 27:11, Numbers 27:11, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 27:1

30A mansleere schal be punyschid vndur witnessis; no man schal `be dampned at the witnessyng of o man.

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Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 10:28, Matthew 18:16, Deuteronomy 19:15, Matthew 18:16

31Ye schulen not take prijs of him which is gilti of blood, anoon and he schal die.

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Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:14, 2 Samuel 12:13, 1 Kings 2:28

32Men exilid, and fugityues, schulen not mow turne ayen in ony maner in to her citees, bifore the deeth of the bischop, lest ye defoulen the lond of youre abitacioun,

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Acts 4:12, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13, Revelation 5:9, Galatians 2:21

33which is defoulid bi the blood of innocent men; and it may not be clensid in other maner, no but bi the blood of hym, that schedde the blood of anothir man.

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Luke 11:50, Luke 11:51, Luke 11:50, Luke 11:51, Psalms 106:38

34And so youre possessioun schal be clensid, for Y schal dwelle with you; for Y am the Lord, that dwelle among the sones of Israel.

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Numbers 5:3, Numbers 5:3, Psalms 135:21, Psalms 135:21, Revelation 21:27