But if an accident happens, and a person kills someone without planning it, then God allowed that thing to happen. I will choose some special places where people can run for safety. So that person can run to one of those places.
Numbers 35:11 - Easy To Read Version You must choose towns to be cities of safety. If a person accidentally kills another person, then that person can run to one of those cities for safety. 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 an accident happens, and a person kills someone without planning it, then God allowed that thing to happen. I will choose some special places where people can run for safety. So that person can run to one of those places.
“Tell the people of Israel: If any person sins by accident and does any of the things the Lord said must not be done, then that person must do these things:
“A ruler might sin by accident and do one of the things the Lord his God said must not be done. The ruler will be guilty {of doing wrong}.
Those cities will be places of safety for citizens of Israel, and for foreigners and travelers. Any of those people will be able to run to one of those cities if he accidentally kills someone.
Six of those cities will be cities of safety. If a person {accidentally} kills someone, then that person can run to those towns for safety. In addition to those six cities, you will also give 42 more cities to the Levites.
If a person accidentally killed another person, he could run away to one of those three cities and not be put to death. But he could be safe only if he did not hate the other person and did not mean to kill him.
“I used Moses to give you a command. Moses told you to choose cities to be special cities of safety.