But if he did not intend any harm, and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.
Numbers 35:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there. American Standard Version (1901) then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. Common English Bible identify for yourselves cities to be refuge cities, where a person who kills someone by accident may flee. Catholic Public Domain Version discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will. |
But if he did not intend any harm, and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.
‘Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them –
‘When a leader , sins and unintentionally violates any of the commands of the Lord his God by doing what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
‘The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.
Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbour accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:
‘Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,