Joshua · Chapter 20

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Joſue, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, and ſey to hem, Seuer ȝe þe cytees of fugityues, of whiche I ſpake to ȝou bi þe hond of Moiſes, þat fleȝe to hem, whoſo euer a lijf haþ ſmytun vnwitynge; þat he mowe aſcaap þe wraþ of þe neiȝbore, þat is wreker of þe blood, whanne to oon of þeſe cytees he fleeþ. And he ſhal ſtoond before þe ȝatis of þe citee, and he ſhal ſpeke to þe aldren of þat citee þo þingis þat hym ſilf preuen innocent; and ſo þei ſhulen take hym, and ȝyue hym a place to dwelle.

And whanne þe blood wreker hym purſue, þei ſhulen not take hym in to his hoondis; for vnwitynge he ſmoot þe neiȝbore of hym, ne before two dayes or þre daies he ſhal be preued þe enemye of hym. And he ſhal dwelle in þat citee to þe tyme þat he ſtoond before dom, cauſe ȝeeldynge of his deede. And abide he ſtille þat haþ ſlayn, to þe tyme þat þe greet preeſt dye, þat were in þat tyme; þanne ſhal þe manſleer turne aȝen, and go into þe citee and his hows, fro þe which he fleiȝ. And þei ſeuerden Cedes in Galile, of þe hil of Neptalim, and Sichem in þe hil of Effraym, and Caryatarbe, þat is Ebron, in þe hil of Juda.

And biȝond Jordan, aȝens þe eſt cooſt of Jericho, þei ordeynden Bozor, þat is ſet in þe feeldy wildirnes of þe lynage of Ruben, and Ramoch in Galaad, of þe lynage of Gad, and Gaulon in Baſan, of þe linage of Manaſſe. Þes ben þe citees ordeynd to þe ſones of Irael, and to comlyngis þat dwellen among hem, þat he fleeȝe to þo, þe whiche vnwitynge a lijf haþ ſmyten; and he die not in þe hoond of þe neiȝbour, coueytynge to wreek þe ſhad blood, to þe tyme þat he to expounen his cauſe, ſtoond before þe puple.