Devarim/Deuteronomy 18:14-19:13
| 14) For these nations, which you are dispossessing, listen to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so. |
י״ד כִּי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אוֹתָם אֶל־מְעוֹנְנִים וְאֶל־קֹסְמִים יִשְׁמָעוּ וְאַתָּה לֹא־כֵן נָתַן לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ |
| 15) A prophet from your midst, from your brothers, like me, will the Lord your God raise up for you; to him you shall listen. |
ט״ו נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמוֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן׃ |
| 16) According to all that you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire any more, so that I not die.” |
ט״ז כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל לֵאמֹר לֹא־אֹסֵף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאֶת־הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת לֹא אֶרְאֶה עוֹד וְלֹא אָמוּת |
| 17) And the Lord said to me, “They have spoken well in what they have said. |
י״ז וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ׃ |
| 18) I will raise up for them a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. |
י״ח נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ׃ |
| 19) And it shall be, that whoever does not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him. |
י״ט וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע אֶל־דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמִי אָנֹכִי אֶדְרֹשׁ מֵעִמּוֹ׃ |
| 20) But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet shall die. |
כ אַךְ הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר יָזִיד לְדַבֵּר דָּבָר בִּשְׁמִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר וַאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וּמֵת הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא |
| 21) And if you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?” |
כ״א וְכִי־תֹאמַר בִּלְבָבֶךָ אֵיכָה נֵדַע אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־דִבְּרוֹ יְהוָה׃ |
| 22) When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously—you shall not be afraid of him. |
כ״ב אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר הַנָּבִיא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר וְלֹא יָבוֹא הוּא הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־דִבְּרוֹ יְהוָה בְּזָדוֹן דִּבְּרוֹ הַנָּבִיא לֹא תָגוּר מִמֶּנּוּ |
Chapter 19
| 1) When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you inherit them, and dwell in their cities and in their houses, |
א כִּי־יַכְרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ אֶת־אַרְצָם וִירִשְׁתָּם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְּעָרֵיהֶם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶם |
| 2) You shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you to possess. |
ב שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים תַּבְדִּיל לְךָ בְּתוֹךְ אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃ |
| 3) You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land, which the Lord your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there. |
ג תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ אֶת־גְּבוּל אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִילְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָיָה לָנֻס שָׁמָּה כָּל־רֹצֵחַ׃ |
| 4) And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and he did not hate him in time past, |
ד וְזֶה דְּבַר הָרֹצֵחַ אֲשֶׁר יָנוּס שָׁמָּה וָחָי אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת וְהוּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵא לוֹ מִתְּמֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם׃ |
| 5) As when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live. |
ה וַאֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בַּיַּעַר לַחְטֹב עֵצִים וְנִדְחָה יָדוֹ בַּגַּרְזֶן לִכְרֹת הָעֵץ וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ וּמָצָא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת הוּא יָנוּס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וָחָי |
| 6) Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him in time past. |
ו פֶּן־יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַחֲרֵי הָרֹצֵחַ כִּי־יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ כִּי־יַרְבֶּה הַדֶּרֶךְ וְהִכָּהוּ נָפֶשׁ וְלוֹ אֵין מִשְׁפַּט מָוֶת כִּי לֹא־שֹׂנֵא הוּא לוֹ מִתְּמֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם |
| 7) Therefore I command you, saying: You shall set apart three cities for yourself. |
ז עַל־כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ לֵאמֹר שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ׃ |
| 8) And if the Lord your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers, |
ח וְאִם־יַרְחִיב יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וְנָתַן לְךָ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ |
| 9) If you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities to these three. |
ט כִּי־תִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת לַעֲשֹׂתָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְלָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו כָּל־הַיָּמִים וְיָסַפְתָּ לְךָ עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה |
| 10) So that innocent blood not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and bloodguilt be upon you. |
י וְלֹא יִשָּׁפֵךְ דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וְהָיָה עָלֶיךָ דָּמִים׃ |
| 11) But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him so that he dies, and then flees into one of these cities, |
י״א וְכִי־יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ וְאָרַב לוֹ וְקָם עָלָיו וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ וָמֵת וְנָס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃ |
| 12) Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. |
י״ב וְשָׁלְחוּ זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ וְלָקְחוּ אֹתוֹ מִשָּׁם וְנָתְנוּ אֹתוֹ בְּיַד גֹּאֵל הַדָּם וָמֵת׃ |
| 13) Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. |
י״ג לֹא־תָחוֹס עֵינֶךָ עָלָיו וּבִעַרְתָּ דַּם הַנָּקִי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְטוֹב לָךְ׃ |