But if he did not hunt him down, yet God caused it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may run.
Numbers 35:22 - Tree of Life Version But if he pushes him suddenly or throws an object at him with no intent, 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 hunt him down, yet God caused it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may run.
You are to select cities which will be cities of refuge, to which one might flee if he has killed someone by accident.
“If anyone pushes someone maliciously, or throws anything at him with deadly intent,
or with hostility hits him with his fist so that he dies, the one hitting him is a murderer. The blood avenger may put the murderer to death when he finds him.
or without seeing him should drop a stone on him resulting in his death, but he was not his enemy and intended him no harm,
as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand takes a swing with the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron flies off the wood and hits his neighbor so that he dies. He may flee to one of these cities and live.
So the manslayer who kills any person by mistake and without premeditation may flee there. They will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Now if the blood avenger pursues him, then they will not hand the manslayer over to him, since he killed his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.