But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
Numbers 35:22 - English Standard Version 2016 “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity or threw anything at or upon him without lying in wait American Standard Version (1901) But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, Common English Bible But if suddenly and without hostility someone hits another or throws any object at him without premeditation, Catholic Public Domain Version But if by chance, and without hatred Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if by chance medley, and without hatred, |
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.
And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,
as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live,
that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.