If it was not premeditated, but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.
Deuteronomy 19:2 - New Revised Standard Version you shall set apart three cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess. American Standard Version (1901) thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. Common English Bible you must designate three cities for your use in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess. Catholic Public Domain Version you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession, |
If it was not premeditated, but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.
You shall calculate the distances and divide into three regions the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any homicide can flee to one of them.
At that time, I charged you as follows: “Although the Lord your God has given you this land to occupy, all your troops shall cross over armed as the vanguard of your Israelite kin.
so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.