Exodus 21:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the LORD, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

David replied, “What will I ever do with you and your brother Joab? If Shimei is cursing me because the LORD has told him to, then who are you to tell him to stop?”

Isaiah 10:7

He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.

Micah 7:2

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Numbers 35:6

Six of the towns you give them will be Safe Towns where a person who has accidentally killed someone can run for protection. But you will also give the Levites forty-two other towns,

Deuteronomy 19:14

In the land the LORD is giving you, there are already stones set up to mark the boundaries between fields. So don't move those stones.

Joshua 20:1

One day the LORD told Joshua:

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see for yourself that the LORD gave me the chance to catch you in the cave today. Some of my men wanted to kill you, but I wouldn't let them do it. I told them, “I will not harm the LORD's chosen king!”

1 Samuel 24:18

You've told me how you were kind enough not to kill me when the LORD gave you the chance.

1 Samuel 24:4

They whispered to David, “The LORD told you he was going to let you defeat your enemies and do whatever you want with them. This must be the day the LORD was talking about.” David sneaked over and cut off a small piece of Saul's robe, but Saul didn't notice a thing.