We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. But God will not take away a life; he will devise plans so as not to keep an outcast banished forever from his presence.
Numbers 35:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 These six cities shall serve as refuge for the Israelites, for the resident or transient alien among them, so that anyone who kills a person without intent may flee there. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the temporary resident among them; that anyone who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there. American Standard Version (1901) For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. Common English Bible These six cities will be refuge for Israelites, immigrants, and temporary residents, as a place to flee for anyone who kills a person by accident. Catholic Public Domain Version as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will. |
We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. But God will not take away a life; he will devise plans so as not to keep an outcast banished forever from his presence.
there shall be one law for the native-born and for the alien who resides among you.”
You shall have one law for the alien and for the native-born, for I am the Lord your God.”
“Speak to the Israelites, saying: When anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done and does any one of them:
You and the alien who resides with you shall have the same law and the same ordinance.”
then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that a slayer who kills a person without intent may flee there.
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of gentiles also? Yes, of gentiles also,
There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.