Joshua 20 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 06_Joshua_20

Attribution: Joshua 20 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 06_Joshua_20, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
20:1	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁϥϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ	ouoh p̀ċois afsaji nem iysou efgō m̀mos	And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
20:2	ϫⲉϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲏⲗ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉϯⲉⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ	ϫⲉ ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲛ̀ⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ	je saji nem ǹṡyri ǹpisrayl efgō m̀mos je tinpolis ne ǹma ǹfōt èrōou nai etaigos eθvytou èvol hitootf ǹmōisys	Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses.
20:3	ⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙⲡⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲧⲃ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲣⲱϩⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϩⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲩⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ	ⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲉϥϧⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲣⲱϩⲧ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉ̀ϩⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲩⲉ̀ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ	ouma ǹfōt èrof ǹp̀refxōteb petafrōht ǹoupsiṡy èhnaf an ouoh naipolis evèṡōpi nōten ǹma ǹfōt èrōou	Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.
20:5	ⲛϥⲧⲙⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϩⲱⲧⲃ ϩⲁⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϫⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲛⲟϥ	ⲛ̀ϥⲧⲙⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϧⲱⲧⲉⲃ ϧⲁⲧ̀ϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧϭⲓ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲥ̀ⲛⲟϥ	ǹftmmou ǹje petnaxōteb xat̀jig ǹpetċi èxoun èp̀·s̀nof	And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
20:6	ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲓⲑⲏ ⲛⲧⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲣⲟϥ	ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲓ ⲧ̀ϩⲏ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉ̀ϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ	ṡatefaheratf hi t̀·hy ǹt̀sinaġōgy ètihap èrof	These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.
20:7	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲡⲱⲣϫ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲕⲁⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲛⲧⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲫⲑⲁⲗⲉⲓⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲃⲟⲕ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲭⲉⲃⲣⲱⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲫⲱⲣϫ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲕⲁⲧⲏⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲉⲁ ⲡ̀ⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲫⲑⲁⲗⲉⲓⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲃⲟⲕ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲭⲉⲃⲣⲱⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁ	ouoh affōrg èvol ǹkatys xen t̀ġalilea p̀tōou nefθaleim ouoh t̀polis arvok ète θai te ṡebrōn xen p̀tōou ǹiouda	draft · highAnd he set apart Kades in Galilee in the mountain of Nephthalim, and the city Arbok, which is Chebron, in the mountain of Judah.
20:8	ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲃⲟⲥⲟⲣ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲛⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛϩⲣⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲙⲙⲱⲑ ⲛⲧⲉⲅⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛⲅⲁⲇ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲅⲁⲩⲣⲱⲛ ϩⲛⲧⲃⲁⲥⲁⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲙⲙⲁⲛⲁⲥⲥⲏ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲡⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥϯ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲃⲟⲥⲟⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲥⲱϣⲉ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛ̀ϩⲣⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲙⲙⲱⲑ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲅⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛ̀ⲅⲁⲇ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲅⲁⲩⲣⲱⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲃⲁⲥⲁⲛ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛ̀ⲙⲁⲛⲁⲥⲥⲏ	ouoh xen pekro ǹpiordanys afti ǹt̀polis vosor xen t̀erymos xen t̀sōṡe èvol xen t̀fily ǹhrouvyn ouoh t̀polis rammōθ ǹteġalaat èvol xen t̀fily ǹġaḋ ouoh t̀polis ġavrōn xen θvasan èvol xen t̀fily ǹmanassy	draft · highAnd beyond the Jordan he gave the city Bosor in the wilderness, in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, and the city Rammoth in Galaad from the tribe of Gad, and the city Gauron in Basan from the tribe of Manasse.
20:9	ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϯⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲓⲏⲗ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲩⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩⲡⲱⲧ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣⲱϩⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϩⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϫⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲛⲟϥ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉⲧⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲣⲟϥ	ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲩϯⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲟⲥⲩⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲩⲫⲱⲧ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣⲱϩⲧ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϩⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲛ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ ϧⲁⲧ̀ϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧϭⲓ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲥ̀ⲛⲟϥ ϣⲁⲧⲉϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ	nai ne ǹpolis etavtirenou èrōou ǹje ǹṡyri ǹpisrayl ouoh p̀p̀rosilytos petṡop hrai ǹxytou èθrevfōt ehrai èrōou ǹje ouon niven etnarōht ǹoupsiṡy ehnaf an hina ǹnefmou xat̀jig ǹpetċi èxoun èp̀·s̀nof ṡatefaheratf èt̀sinaġōgy etnatihap èrof	draft · highThese are the cities which the sons of Israel designated, also for the proselyte who dwells among them, that anyone who strikes a soul unintentionally may flee to them, so that he may not die at the hand of the one who pursues the blood, until he stands before the assembly that will judge him.

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title: Joshua 20
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 06_Joshua_20
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Joshua 20 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 06_Joshua_20, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Joshua/20.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Joshua 20 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 20.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 06_Joshua_20)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Joshua 20 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 06_Joshua_20, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev=2 abbrev_unstroked=2 th_resolved=1 tokens=119
file: Bible/Old Testament/Joshua/20.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Joshua 20 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 20.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Joshua 20 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 06_Joshua_20, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Joshua/20.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 5 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 3 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 06_Joshua_20 (5 lines)

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Joshua 20. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 06_Joshua_20. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/joshua/20.sahidic.scriptorium/. Joshua 20 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 06_Joshua_20, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
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