‘Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them –
Joshua 20:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbour accidentally and did not hate him beforehand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, having had no hatred for him previously. American Standard Version (1901) And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. Common English Bible If a member of the victim’s family follows, seeking revenge, they won’t hand the killer over. This is because the killer struck down the neighbor by accident and hadn’t been an enemy in the past. Catholic Public Domain Version And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before. |
‘Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them –
You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.