Joshua 20:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ So the manslayer who kills any person by mistake and without premeditation may flee there. They will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. [Num. 35:10ff.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

Common English Bible

³ Anyone who kills by striking down someone unintentionally or by mistake may flee there. These places will be a refuge for you from any member of the victim’s family seeking revenge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood.

Joshua 20:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

“Please, let the king remember Adonai your God,” she said, “so that the avenger of blood does not destroy any more, so they won’t destroy my son.” “As Adonai lives,” he said, “not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

Leviticus 4:2

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying: If anyone sins unintentionally in any of Adonai’s mitzvot that are not to be done, and commits any one of them

Numbers 35:12

They are to be cities for refuge from the avenger, so the manslayer may not die before standing trial before the assembly.

Numbers 35:19

The blood avenger himself may put the murderer to death. When he finds him, he is to kill him.

Numbers 35:22

But if he pushes him suddenly or throws an object at him with no intent,

Hebrews 6:18

So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Joshua 20:2

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael saying, ‘Designate your cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you through Moses.

Joshua 20:4

When one flees to one of those cities, he must stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city. Then they are to take him into their city and give him a place to live among them.