H9005–/ל–l

For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

לַעֲמֹ֨ד (לַ) la. “to”לְשָׁרֵ֧ת (לְ) le. “to”

Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.

לְבַ֥ד (לְ) le. “<to>”

When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to <the>”לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ (לִ) li “to”

I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

לְדַבֵּ֨ר (לְ) le. “by”לְדַבֵּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”

When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “for <the>”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.

לְךָ֮ (לְ) le. “for <the>”לָנ֥וּס (לָ) la. “to”

This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”

For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death;

לַחְטֹ֣ב (לַ) la “to”לִכְרֹ֣ת (לִ) li “to”

For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not move

וְלוֹ֙ (ל) L “[belonged] to <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”

And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for <the>”

And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;

לַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ (לַ) la. “to”לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:

לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ (לַ) la. “to”לְאַהֲבָ֞ה (לְ) le. “to”וְלָלֶ֥כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”

Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

לַעֲנ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

לָהֶ֥ם (לָ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”