1 WaYaDabar (And spoke) Yahawah () Al (to) Yahawashawai (Joshua), LaAmar (saying),
2 “Dabar (Speaking) Al-Banay (to son) Yashar-Al (Israel), LaAmar (saying), Nathanaw (gave) Lakam (for you) Ath (the entirety of) ‘Iyaray (assign cities) HaMaqalat (the refuge), Ashar-Dabarathay (who/that speaking) Alayakam (to you) BaYad (in hand) Mashah (Moses),
3 LaNawas (Accidentally unintentionally flee) Shamah (there) Rawatzach (𐤓𐤅𐤑𐤇) MaNakah (manslayer kills) Napash (soul). BaShagagah (in 𐤔𐤂𐤂𐤄) BaBalay (in 𐤁𐤋𐤉) Daith (knowledge) WaHayahaw (and came to pass) Lakam (for you) LaMaqalat (to refuge) MaGaal (from avenger) HaDam (the blood).
4 WaYaNawas (And he flee) Al-Achath (to one) MaHaIyarayam (the of cities), HaAlah (these) WaYaImad (and stand) Pathach (entrance) Shair (gate) HaIyar (the city), WaYaDabar (and declare) BaAzanay (in ears) Zaqanay (elders) HaIyar (that city) HaHawayaa (which/who/that is) Ath-Dabarayaw (the entirety of his cause). WaAsapaw (and they take) Athaw (the entirety of him) HaIyarah (into the city), Alayam (to them) WaNathanaw (and give) Law (for him) Maqawam (place), WaYaYashab (and live among) Imam (with them).
5 WaKayaYaRadap (And surely pursue) Gaal (avenger) HaDam (the blood) Acharayaw (after him), WaLaa (And not) YaSagaraw (deliver) Ath-HaRatzach (the entirety of who 𐤓𐤑𐤇) BaYadaw (manslayer into his hand); KayaBaBalay (surely in 𐤁𐤋𐤉) Daith (knowledge) YaHaNakah (he [causing] struck) Ath-Raiw (the entirety of his neighbor), WaLaa (And not) Shanaa (hate) Hawaa (which/who/that is) Law (for him) MaThamawal (from him before) Shalashawam (𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤌).
6 WaYaYashab (And he dwell) BaIyar (in city) HaHawayaa (which/who/that is) Id-Imadaw (as far as stands him) LaPanayam (before) HaIdah (the congregation) LaMashapat (for judgment), Id-Mawath (as far as death) HaKahan (the priest) HaGadawal (the high) AsharaYaHayah (who/that came to pass) BaYawamayam (in days). HaHam (the they / them) Az (at that time) YaShawab (manslayer return), HaRawatzach (who 𐤓𐤅𐤑𐤇) WaYaBawaa (and come) Al-Iyaraw (to his city), WaAl-Bayathaw (and to his house), Al-HaIyar (to the city) Ashar-YaNawas (who/that he fled) MaSham (from there).’”
7 WaYaQadashaw (And set apart) Ath (the entirety of) Qadash (Kedesh) BaGalayal (in Galilee) BaHar (in hill country) Napathalay (Naphtali), WaAth (and the entirety of) Shakam (Shechem) BaHar (in hill country) Aparayam (Ephraim), Qarayath-Arabai (Arba) WaAth (and the entirety of) Arabai (four) Hawayaa (which/who/that is) Chabarawan (Hebron) BaHar (Kiriath same in hill country) Yahawadah (Judah).
8 WaMaIbar (And from beyond) LaYaradan (Jordan) Yarayachaw (Jericho) Mazarachah (toward eastward), Nathanaw (they assigned) Ath (the entirety of) Batzar (Bezer) BaMadabar (in wilderness) BaMayashawar (in plain) MaMatah (from tribe) Raawaban (Reuben), WaAth (and the entirety of) Raamawath (Ramoth) BaGalaid (in Gilead) MaMatah (from tribe) Gad (Gad), WaAth (and the entirety of) Gawalan (Golan) BaBashan (in Bashan) MaMatah (from tribe) Manashah (Manasseh).
9 Alah (These) Hayahaw (came to pass) Iyaray (cities) HaMawaidah (the appointed) LaKal (every) Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaLaGar (and for alien) HaGawar (who sojourner / stranger / foreigner) BaThawakam (lives their among), LaNawas (unintentionally flee), Shamah (there) Kal (every) MaNakah (kills) Napash (soul) BaShagagah (in 𐤔𐤂𐤂𐤄) WaLaa (And not) YaMawath (die) BaYad (by hand) Gaal (avenger) HaDam (the blood), Id-Imadaw (as far as stands him) LaPanayam (before) HaIdah (the congregation).