If it was not premeditated but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.
Deuteronomy 19:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three [refuge] cities. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. Common English Bible This is why I am commanding you as follows: Designate three cities for your use. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another. |
If it was not premeditated but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.
But if the distance is too great, the avenger of blood in hot anger might pursue and overtake and put the killer to death, although a death sentence was not deserved, since the two had not been at enmity before.
“If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he swore to your ancestors—and he will give you all the land that he promised your ancestors to give you,
“At that time, I charged you as follows: ‘Although the Lord your God has given you this land to occupy, all your troops shall cross over armed as the vanguard of your Israelite kin.