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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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Joshua 20:3-5
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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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