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Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,

the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

'You shall draw a boundary from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

'For your eastern border you shall also draw a boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you are to possess by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

"The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise."

"And of the tribe of the sons of Dan, a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli.

"Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

"Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

"Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

"Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

"Of the tribe of the sons of Asher, a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

"Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud."

"The pasture lands of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around.

then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, so that the one who commits manslaughter by killing a person unintentionally may flee there.

'The cities shall serve you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who commits manslaughter does not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.

'These six cities shall be a refuge for the sons of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreign resident among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

'But if he struck him with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

'And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

'Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.