because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.

(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below – there is no other!

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.

However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.