‘Say to the Israelites: “When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands –
Joshua 20:5 - New International Version (Anglicised) If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbour unintentionally and without malice aforethought. 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. |
‘Say to the Israelites: “When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands –
They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.
The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.