“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ You will soon go across the Jordan River. You will enter Canaan.

“你吩咐以色列人说：你们过约旦河，进了迦南地，

“你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：你们过了约旦河，进入迦南地，

“你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：你们过了约旦河，进入迦南地，

“告诉以色列人，‘你们过了约旦河进入迦南以后，

“你要吩咐以色列人说：‘你们过约旦河，进到迦南地的时候，

「你吩咐以色列人說：你們過約旦河，進了迦南地，

「你要吩咐以色列人，對他們說：你們過了約旦河，進入迦南地，

「你要吩咐以色列人，對他們說：你們過了約旦河，進入迦南地，

「告訴以色列人，『你們過了約旦河進入迦南以後，

“你要吩咐以色列人說：‘你們過約旦河，進到迦南地的時候，

『你要告訴以色列人說：你們過約但河、到了迦南地，

告以色列族云、汝渡約但、入於迦南、

汝渡約但河、入迦南地、

告以色列人云、爾渡約但、入迦南地、

“ Speak to the Israelites and say to them:‘ When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,

“ Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“ When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,‘ When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:‘ When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘ When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them,‘ When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ You will enter the land I am going to give you. When you do, you must honor the Lord every seventh year by not farming the land that year.

“ You will enter the land of Canaan. I am giving it to you as your own. When you enter it, suppose I put mold in one of your houses. And suppose the mold spreads.

That’s because you haven’t yet reached the place the Lord is giving you. Your God will give you peace and rest there.

“ Give the Israelites a command. Tell them,‘ You are going to enter Canaan. The land will be given to you as your own. Here are the borders it must have.

“ Tell the Israelites to choose the cities to go to for safety, just as I directed you through Moses.Anyone who kills a person by accident can run there for safety. So can anyone who kills a person without meaning to. The one charged with murder will be kept safe from the nearest male relative of the person killed.Suppose those who are charged with murder run for safety to one of these cities. Then they must stand in the entrance of the city gate. They must state their case in front of the elders of that city. The elders must let them come into their city. The elders must provide a place for them to live in their city.Suppose the nearest male relative of the person killed chases the one charged with murder. Then the elders must not hand them over to that relative. That’s because that person didn’t mean to kill their neighbor. They didn’t make evil plans to do it.They must stay in that city until their case has been brought to the community court. They must stay there until the high priest serving at that time dies. Then they can go back to their own home. They can return to the town they ran away from.”

The Lord your God will destroy the nations whose land he is giving you. You will drive them out. And you will make your homes in their towns and their houses.When you do, set apart for yourselves three cities in the land. It’s the land the Lord your God is giving you to take as your own.