Then she said, “Please let the king remember YHWH your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As YHWH lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the earth.”
Joshua 20:3 - Y'all Version Bible so that anyone who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They will be a refuge for y’all from the avenger of blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. [Num. 35:10ff.] American Standard Version (1901) that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. Common English Bible Anyone who kills by striking down someone unintentionally or by mistake may flee there. These places will be a refuge for you from any member of the victim’s family seeking revenge. Catholic Public Domain Version so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood. |
Then she said, “Please let the king remember YHWH your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As YHWH lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the earth.”
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which YHWH has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,
The cities will be for y’all’s refuge from the avenger, so that person who kill someone will not die until he stands trial before the congregation.
The blood avenger is to put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he must put him to death.
“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Y’all are to select the cities of refuge that I told y’all about through Moses,
When someone flee to one of those cities, they are to stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and declare their case in the ears of the elders of that city. They are to take him into the city with them, and give him a place, so that the he may live among them.