¹ joH'a' jatlhta' Daq Joshua, ja'ta',

² “ jatlh Daq the puqpu' vo' Israel, ja'ta', ‘Assign the vengmey vo' lulIgh, vo' nuq jIH jatlhta' Daq SoH Sum Moses,

³ vetlh the manslayer 'Iv kills vay' person accidentally joq unintentionally may Haw' pa'. chaH DIchDaq taH Daq SoH vaD a lulIgh vo' the avenger vo' 'Iw.

⁴ ghaH DIchDaq Haw' Daq wa' vo' chaH vengmey, je DIchDaq Qam Daq the entrance vo' the lojmIt vo' the veng, je declare Daj cause Daq the qoghDu' vo' the quppu' vo' vetlh veng. chaH DIchDaq tlhap ghaH Daq the veng tlhej chaH, je nob ghaH a Daq, vetlh ghaH may yIn among chaH.

⁵ chugh the avenger vo' 'Iw pursue after ghaH, vaj chaH DIchDaq ghobe' toD Dung the manslayer Daq Daj ghop; because ghaH struck Daj jIl unintentionally, je ta'be' hate ghaH qaSpa'.

⁶ ghaH DIchDaq yIn Daq vetlh veng until ghaH stands qaSpa' the tay' ghotpu' vaD yoj, until the Hegh vo' the jen lalDan vumwI' vetlh DIchDaq taH Daq chaH jajmey. vaj the manslayer DIchDaq chegh, je ghoS Daq Daj ghaj veng, je Daq Daj ghaj tuq, Daq the veng ghaH Haw'ta' vo'.'”

⁷ chaH cher apart Kedesh Daq Galilee Daq the HuD Hatlh vo' Naphtali, Shechem Daq the HuD Hatlh vo' Ephraim, je Kiriath Arba (the rap ghaH Hebron) Daq the HuD Hatlh vo' Judah.

⁸ Beyond the Jordan Daq Jericho eastward, chaH assigned Bezer Daq the ngem Daq the plain pa' vo' the tuq vo' Reuben, Ramoth Daq Gilead pa' vo' the tuq vo' Gad, je Golan Daq Bashan pa' vo' the tuq vo' Manasseh.

⁹ Dochvammey were the wIv vengmey vaD Hoch the puqpu' vo' Israel, je vaD the stranger 'Iv sojourns among chaH, vetlh 'Iv kills vay' person unintentionally might Haw' pa', je ghobe' Hegh Sum the ghop vo' the avenger vo' 'Iw, until ghaH stands qaSpa' the tay' ghotpu'.