Kniha Jozue

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(KJV - Anglický - King James)

Joz 20, 1-9

1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Verš 8

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Dt 4:43 - Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

Verš 2

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Ex 21:13 - And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Nm 35:6 - And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

Dt 19:1 - When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

Verš 4

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Nm 35:22 - But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

Dt 19:4 - And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Joz 20,1 - Zákon o mestách útočišťa pozri Nm 35,9–34; Dt 19,1–13; 4,41–43. Táto ustanovizeň urobila akúsi prietrž tvrdému a krutému zákonu krvnej pomsty. Robí sa tu už rozdiel medzi formálnym a materiálnym hriechom, čiže medzi vraždou a zabitím (úmyselné a náhodilé zabitie človeka). Na každej strane Jordána boli vyznačené tri mestá útočišťa.

Joz 20,7 - Kedes, západne od Hulského jazera. – Bosor, asi 5 km východne od Hesebona (Hesban). – Gaulon, dnes Sahem ed-Džolan, asi 30 km východne od Genezaretského jazera. – Ramot, pravdepodobne Ramoth Masfa (13,26), dnes asi er -Remta, 10 km juhozápadne od Edrai (12,4). Mestá útočišťa v Zajordánsku určil už Mojžiš (Dt 4,43).