## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 35

###### Onkelos Numbers 35:1
[Onkelos Numbers 35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:1)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה בְּמֵישְׁרַיָּא דְמוֹאָב עַל יַרְדְּנָא דִירֵחוֹ לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe in the plains of Moav by the Yardein near Yereicho, saying:


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:2
[Onkelos Numbers 35:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:2)

פַּקֵּד יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִתְּנוּן לְלֵוָאֵי מֵאַחֲסָנַת אַחוּדַתְהוֹן קִרְוִין לְמִתָּב וְרֶוַח לְקִרְוַיָּא סַחֲרָנֵיהוֹן תִּתְּנוּן לְלֵוָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Instruct Bnei Yisroel and have them give to the Levites from their hereditary possession, cities in which to settle; and open space for the cities all around you shall give to the Levites.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:3
[Onkelos Numbers 35:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:3)

וִיהוֹן קִרְוַיָּא לְהוֹן לְמִתָּב וְרַוְחֵיהוֹן יְהוֹן לִבְעִירְהוֹן וּלְקִנְיָנֵיהוֹן וּלְכָל חֵיוַתְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
These cities shall be theirs for dwelling, and their open space shall be for their animals, their property and all of their necessities to live.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:4
[Onkelos Numbers 35:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:4)

וּרְוָחֵי קִרְוַיָּא דִּי תִתְּנוּן לְלֵוָאֵי מִכּוֹתֵל קַרְתָּא וּלְבָרָא אֲלַף אַמִּין סְחוֹר סְחוֹר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The open space for the cities that you shall give the Levites [shall extend] from the walls of the city and outward a thousand *amo¯s* all around.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:5
[Onkelos Numbers 35:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:5)

וְתִמְשְׁחוּן מִבָּרָא לְקַרְתָּא יָת רוּחַ קִדּוּמָא תְּרֵין אַלְפִין בְּאַמִּין וְיָת רוּחַ דְּרוֹמָא תְּרֵין אַלְפִין בְּאַמִּין וְיָת רוּחַ מַעַרְבָא תְּרֵין אַלְפִין בְּאַמִּין וְיָת רוּחַ צִפּוּנָא תְּרֵין אַלְפִין בְּאַמִּין וְקַרְתָּא בִמְצִיעָא דֵּין יְהֵי לְהוֹן רְוָחֵי קִרְוַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall measure from outside the city two thousand *amo¯s* on the eastern side, two thousand *amo¯s* on the southern side, two thousand *amo¯s* on the western side, and two thousand *amo¯s* on the northern side; with the city in the center. This shall be the open spaces for the cities.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:6
[Onkelos Numbers 35:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:6)

וְיָת קִרְוַיָּא דִּי תִתְּנוּן לְלֵוָאֵי יָת שִׁית קִרְוֵי שֵׁזָבוּתָא דִּי תִתְּנוּן לְמֵעֲרַק תַּמָּן קָטוֹלָא וַעֲלֵיהוֹן תִּתְּנוּן אַרְבְּעִין וְתַרְתֵּין קִרְוִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Along with the cities that you shall give the Levites shall be the six refuge cities which you shall provide [as places] for a murderer to flee; and in addition to them, you shall provide forty-two cities.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:7
[Onkelos Numbers 35:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:7)

כָּל קִרְוַיָּא דִּי תִתְּנוּן לְלֵוָאֵי אַרְבְּעִין וְתַמְנֵי קִרְוִין יָתְהֶן וְיָת רְוָחֵיהֶן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The total number of cities that you shall give to the Levites is forty eight cities, with their open spaces.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:8
[Onkelos Numbers 35:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:8)

וְקִרְוַיָּא דִּי תִתְּנוּן מֵאֲחוּדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן סַגִּיאֵי תַּסְגּוּן וּמִן זְעִירֵי תַּזְעִירוּן גְּבַר כְּפוּם אַחֲסַנְתֵּיהּ דִּי יַחְסְנוּן יִתֵּן מִקִּרְווֹהִי לְלֵוָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The cities that you shall give, [shall be] from the possession of Bnei Yisroel; take more from a larger [holding], and less from a smaller [holding], each person, according to his inheritance, shall give of his cities to the Levites.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:9
[Onkelos Numbers 35:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:9)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:10
[Onkelos Numbers 35:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:10)

מַלֵּל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן אֲרֵי אַתּוּן עָבְרִין יָת יַרְדְּנָא לְאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Speak to Bnei Yisroel and say to them: ‘When you cross the Yardein into the land of Canaan,


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:11
[Onkelos Numbers 35:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:11)

וּתְזַמְּנוּן לְכוֹן קִרְוִין קִרְוֵי שֵׁזָבוּתָא יֶהֶוְיַן לְכוֹן וְיֵעֲרוֹק לְתַמָּן קָטוֹלָא דְּיִקְטוֹל נַפְשָׁא בְּשָׁלוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
you shall provide cities for yourselves, which shall serve as refuge cities for you, so that a murderer can flee there, one who accidentally killed a person.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:12
[Onkelos Numbers 35:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:12)

וִיהוֹן לְכוֹן קִרְוַיָּא לְשֵׁזָבָא מִגָּאֵל **דְּמָא** וְלָא יְמוּת קָטוֹלָא עַד דְּיֵקוּם קֳדָם כְּנִשְׁתָּא לְדִינָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
These cities shall serve you as a refuge from the [**blood**] avenger, so that the murderer will not die until he stands in judgment before the congregation.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:13
[Onkelos Numbers 35:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:13)

וְקִרְוַיָּא דִּי תִתְּנוּן שִׁית קִרְוֵי שֵׁזָבוּתָא יֶהֶוְיַן לְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The cities that you shall give, will serve you as six refuge cities.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:14
[Onkelos Numbers 35:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:14)

יָת תְּלַת קִרְוַיָּא תִּתְּנוּן מֵעִבְרָא לְיַרְדְּנָא וְיָת תְּלַת קִרְוַיָּא תִּתְּנוּן בְּאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן קִרְוֵי שֵׁזָבוּתָא יֶהֶוְיָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Three cities on this side of the Yardein, and the [other] three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:15
[Onkelos Numbers 35:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:15)

לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְגִיּוֹרָא וּלְתוֹתָבָיָא דְבֵינֵיכוֹן יֶהֶוְיַן שִׁית קִרְוַיָּא הָאִלֵּין לְשֵׁזָבָא לְמֵעֲרוֹק לְתַמָּן כָּל דְּיִקְטוֹל נַפְשָׁא בְּשָׁלוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For Bnei Yisroel, the proselyte, and resident among them, shall these six cities be a refuge, to flee there anyone who accidentally kills a person.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:16
[Onkelos Numbers 35:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:16)

וְאִם בְּמָאן דְפַרְזְלָא מְחָהִי וְקָטְלֵיהּ קָטוֹלָא הוּא אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל קָטוֹלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But if he struck him with an iron instrument and he died, then he is a murderer; the murderer must be executed.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:17
[Onkelos Numbers 35:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:17)

וְאִם בְּאַבְנָא **דְּמִתְנָסְבָא** בִידָא דְּהִיא **כְמִסַּת** דִּי יְמוּת בַּהּ מְחָהִי וְקָטְלֵיהּ קָטוֹלָא הוּא אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל קָטוֹלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Or if with a stone that can be held [**taken**] in the hand and which can [**has the ability to**] kill he strikes him, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be executed.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:18
[Onkelos Numbers 35:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:18)

אוֹ בְּמָאן דְּעָא **דְּמִתְנַסֵב** בִּידָא דְּהִיא **כְמִסַּת** דִּי יְמוּת בֵּיהּ מְחָהִי וְקָטְלֵיהּ קָטוֹלָא הוּא אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטַל קָטוֹלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Or if with a wooden implement [that can be held] [**taken**] in the hand and which can [**has the ability to**] cause death he strikes him, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be executed.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:19
[Onkelos Numbers 35:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:19)

גָּאֵל דְּמָא הוּא יִקְטוֹל יָת קָטוֹלָא כַּד **אִתְחַיַּב לֵיהּ מִן דִּינָא** הוּא יִקְטְלִנֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The blood avenger shall kill the murderer, wherever he meets him [**when he has been proven guilty by law**] he may kill him.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:20
[Onkelos Numbers 35:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:20)

וְאִם בְּסַנְאָה דְּחָהִי אוֹ רְמָא עֲלוֹהִי בְכַמְנָא וְקָטְלֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If he pushes [his victim] out of hatred or throws at him deliberately, and he died,


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:21
[Onkelos Numbers 35:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:21)

אוֹ בִדְבָבוּ מְחָהִי בִידֵיהּ וְקָטְלֵיהּ אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל מַחֲיָא קָטוֹלָא הוּא גָּאֵל דְּמָא יִקְטוֹל יָת קָטוֹלָא כַּד אִתְחַיַּב לֵיהּ מִן דִּינָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
or if in enmity, he struck him with his hand and he died, the assailant must be executed; he is a murderer. The blood avenger may kill the murderer wherever he meets him.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:22
[Onkelos Numbers 35:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:22)

וְאִם בִּתְכֵף בְּלָא דְבָבוּ דְּחָהִי אוֹ רְמָא עֲלוֹהִי כָּל מָאן בְּלָא כְמַן לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But if suddenly, without enmity, he pushed him or threw any object at him not deliberately,


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:23
[Onkelos Numbers 35:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:23)

אוֹ בְכָל אַבְנָא דְּהִיא **כְמִסַּת** דִּי יְמוּת בַּהּ בְּלָא חָזֵי וּרְמָא עֲלוֹהִי וְקָטְלֵיהּ וְהוּא לָא סָנֵי לֵיהּ וְלָא תָבַע בִּישְׁתֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Or (even) with a stone which can [**has the ability to**] kill, without seeing [the victim], he threw it down on him and he died, but he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:24
[Onkelos Numbers 35:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:24)

וִידוּנוּן כְּנִשְׁתָּא בֵּין מַחֲיָא וּבֵין גָּאֵל דְּמָא עַל דִּינַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Then the congregation shall judge between the assailant and the blood avenger, abiding by these laws.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:25
[Onkelos Numbers 35:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:25)

וִישֵׁזְבוּן כְּנִשְׁתָּא יָת קָטוֹלָא מִיַּד גָּאֵל דְּמָא וִיתִיבוּן יָתֵיהּ כְּנִשְׁתָּא לְקִרְיַת שֵׁזָבוּתֵיהּ דִּי עֲרַק לְתַמָּן וִיתֵב בַּהּ עַד דִּימוּת כַּהֲנָא רַבָּא דִּי רַבִּי יָתֵיהּ בִּמְשַׁח קוּדְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The congregation shall protect the murderer from the blood avenger, and return him to his refuge city where he had fled, and he must remain there until the death of the *Kohein Gadol* who was anointed with the sacred oil.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:26
[Onkelos Numbers 35:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:26)

וְאִם מִפַּק יִפּוֹק קָטוֹלָא יָת תְּחוּם קִרְיַת שֵׁזָבוּתֵיהּ דִּי עֲרַק לְתַמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But if the murderer goes outside of the border of his refuge city where he had fled,


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:27
[Onkelos Numbers 35:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:27)

וְיַשְׁכַּח יָתֵיהּ גָּאֵל דְּמָא מִבָּרָא לִתְחוּם קִרְיַת שֵׁזָבוּתֵיהּ וְיִקְטוֹל גָּאֵל דְּמָא יָת קָטוֹלָא לֵית לֵיהּ דְּמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his refuge city, and the blood avenger kills the murderer, he has no blood.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:28
[Onkelos Numbers 35:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:28)

אֲרֵי בְקִרְיַת שֵׁזָבוּתֵיהּ יִתֵּב עַד דִּימוּת כַּהֲנָא רַבָּא וּבָתַר דִּימוּת כַּהֲנָא רַבָּא יְתוּב קָטוֹלָא לַאֲרַע אַחֲסַנְתֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For he (the killer) must remain in his refuge city until the death of the *Kohein Gadol.* After the death of the *Kohein Gadol* the murderer may return to the land of his possession.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:29
[Onkelos Numbers 35:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:29)

וִיהוֹן אִלֵּין לְכוֹן לִגְזֵרַת דִּין לְדָרֵיכוֹן בְּכָל מוֹתְבָנֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
These [rules] shall be for you the law of justice for all your descendants in all your dwelling places.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:30
[Onkelos Numbers 35:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:30)

כָּל דְּיִקְטוֹל נַפְשָׁא לְפוּם סַהֲדִין יִקְטוֹל יָת קָטוֹלָא וְסָהִיד חַד לָא יַסְהֵד בֶּאֱנָשׁ לְמִקְטָל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If anyone kills a person, only upon the testimony of witnesses shall the murderer be killed. But one witness may not testify against a person, in a case of capital punishment.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:31
[Onkelos Numbers 35:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:31)

וְלָא תְקַבְּלוּן **מָמוֹן** עַל אֱנַשׁ קָטוֹל דִּי הוּא חַיָּב לְמִקְטָל אֲרֵי אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And do not accept atonement [**monetary**] compensation for the life of a murderer who is wicked to incur the death penalty, for he must be executed.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:32
[Onkelos Numbers 35:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:32)

וְלָא תְקַבְּלוּן מָמוֹן לְמֵעֲרוֹק לְקִרְיַת שֵׁזָבוּתֵיהּ לְמִתּוּב לְמִתַּב בְּאַרְעָא עַד דִּימוּת כַּהֲנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And do not accept atonement compensation for one who has fled to his refuge city, to allow him to return to live in the land, before the death of the *Kohein* (*Gadol*).


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:33
[Onkelos Numbers 35:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:33)

וְלָא **תְחַיְּבוּן** יָת אַרְעָא דִּי אַתּוּן בַּהּ אֲרֵי דְמָא הוּא מְחַיַּב יָת אַרְעָא וּלְאַרְעָא לָא מִתְכַּפֵּר עַל דַּם **זַכַּאי** דְּאִתָּשַׁד בַּהּ אֶלָּהֵן בְּדַם אַשְׁדֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not pollute [**incur guilt on**] the land in which you live, for, the blood pollutes the land, and for the land there can be no atonement for the [**innocent**] blood that was spilled in it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.


###### Onkelos Numbers 35:34
[Onkelos Numbers 35:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/35:34)

וְלָא תְסָאֲבוּן יָת אַרְעָא דִּי אַתּוּן יָתְבִין בַּהּ דִּי **שְׁכִינְתִּי** שָׁרְיָא בְּגַוָּהּ אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ **דִּשְׁכִנְתִּי** שָׁרְיָא בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must not defile the land in which you live, wherein I [**My Shechinah**] reside[**s**], for, I, Adonoy, [**whose Shechinah**] dwell[**s**] among Bnei Yisroel.’”