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Joshua 20:3-5
Lexham English Bible
Joshua 20:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 Anyone who kills a person by accident or unintentionally[a] may flee there; they will be for yourselves a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 The killer will flee to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and state his case to the elders of that city;[b] and they will take him[c] into the city and give him a place, and he will dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, they will not hand over the killer into his hand, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, and he did not hate him previously.[d]
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- Joshua 20:3 Or “by not knowing”
- Joshua 20:4 Literally “he will speak his words in the ears of the elders of that city”
- Joshua 20:4 Or “they will gather him”
- Joshua 20:5 Literally “he did not hate him since yesterday and the day before that”
Joshua 20:3-5
New International Version
Joshua 20:3-5
New International Version
3 so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally(A) may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.(B) 4 When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate(C) and state their case before the elders(D) of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. 5 If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
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