But if he did not intend any harm, and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.
Numbers 35:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity or threw anything at or upon him without lying in wait American Standard Version (1901) But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, Common English Bible But if suddenly and without hostility someone hits another or throws any object at him without premeditation, Catholic Public Domain Version But if by chance, and without hatred Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if by chance medley, and without hatred, |
But if he did not intend any harm, and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.
designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.
or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and didn’t intend to harm him,
If, for example, he goes into the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings the axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbour so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live.
so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbour accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.