Joshua 20:3 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

³ Anyone who kills someone accidentally can go to a city of safety to hide from the relatives who want to kill him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

Joshua 20:3 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 14:11

The woman said, “Please, use the name of the Lord your God and swear that you will stop these people. They want to punish my son for murdering his brother. Swear that you will not let them destroy my son.” David said, “As the Lord lives, no one will hurt your son. Not even one hair from your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the Israelites this: A person might sin without meaning to and do something that the Lord commanded should not be done. For example:

Numbers 35:12

That person will be safe from anyone from the dead man’s family who wants to punish the killer until that person is judged in court.

Numbers 35:19

A member of the dead person’s family can chase you and kill you.

Numbers 35:22

“You might accidentally kill someone, maybe by pushing or by accidentally hitting them with a tool or weapon.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he says something, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. So these two things are a great help to us who have come to God for safety. They encourage us to hold on to the hope that is ours.

Joshua 20:2

“Through Moses, I told you to choose some cities to be cities of safety.

Joshua 20:4

“If you accidentally kill someone and you run away to one of those cities, you must stop at the entrance of the city and tell the leaders of the people what happened. Then the leaders can allow you to enter the city. They will give you a place to live among them.