Deuteronomy 4:42 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴² 7 Possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² that the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² That the manslayer might flee there, who slew his neighbor unintentionally and had not previously been at enmity with him, that fleeing to one of these cities he might save his life:

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Common English Bible

⁴² so that anyone who killed someone accidentally and without prior hatred could flee to one of these cities and be safe:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape to one of these cities:

Deuteronomy 4:42 Cross References

Numbers 35:6

1 Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.

Deuteronomy 4:41

6 Beyond the Jordan in the valley over against the temple of Phogor, in the land of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that dwelt in Hesebon, whom Moses slew. And the children of Israel coming out of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 4:43

8 From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon,

Hebrews 6:18

And without all contradiction, that which is less, is blessed by the better.