Joshua 20:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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KJV

King James Version

That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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WEB

World English Bible

that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joshua 20

¹ Then the LORD said to Joshua,

² “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

³ so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

⁴ When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

⁵ Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

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