We must all die, we are like water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; but God will not take away the life of him who devises means not to keep his banished one an outcast.
Numbers 35:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that any one who kills any 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 spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; but God will not take away the life of him who devises means not to keep his banished one an outcast.
There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”
You shall have one law for the sojourner and for the native; for I am the Lord your God.”
“Say to the people of Israel, If any one sins unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,
One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”
then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any 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 neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.