Deuteronomy 19:4

Modern English Version

This is the word concerning the manslayer who will flee there, so that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate previously,

Cross References

Genesis 31:2

Jacob saw the look of Laban and saw he was not congenial toward him as before.

2 Samuel 14:11

Then she said, “May the king remember the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, lest they exterminate my son.” He said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

1 Chronicles 11:2

Also from times past until now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel going out and coming in, and the Lord your God said to you, Indeed, you will shepherd My people Israel as the ruler of Israel.”

Isaiah 30:33

For Topheth has been long prepared, indeed, for the king it has been prepared. He has made it deep and large, a pile of fire with much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.

Numbers 35:12

The cities will be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer does not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Numbers 35:9

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Deuteronomy 19:3

You shall prepare a roadway for yourself, and divide the territory of your land into three parts, which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, so that every manslayer may flee there.

Deuteronomy 19:5

like when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand raises the axe to cut down the tree, and the axe head slips from the handle and lands on his neighbor causing him to die, then he may flee to one of those cities, and live.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise the avenger of blood might, while he is angry, pursue the manslayer and overtake him (because the way is long) and kill him, even though he was not worthy of death (since he did not hate him previously).

Deuteronomy 4:42

that the manslayer might flee there, that is, anyone who killed his neighbor unintentionally without hating him in time past could flee to one of these cities and live:

Joshua 3:4

There must be a distance of two thousand cubits between you and it. Do not draw closer to it, in order that you may know the way you should go, for you have not passed this way before.”