Deuteronomy 4:42 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴² for him who killed someone to flee there, he who kills his neighbour unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and might flee to one of these cities and live:

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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

“And the cities which you give to the Lĕ

Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Mosheh separated three cities beyond the Yardĕ

Deuteronomy 4:43

Betser in the wilderness in the level land for the Re’uḇ

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable matters in which it is impossible for Elohim to lie, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the expectation set before us,