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Joshua 20:3-5
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3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;[a] these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. 4 The one who committed manslaughter[b] should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city.[c] They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.[d] 5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.[e]

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  1. Joshua 20:3 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”
  2. Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”
  4. Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”
  5. Joshua 20:5 tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”
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