Joshua 20:3
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so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.
Read Joshua 20:3 Using Other Translations
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.
What does Joshua 20:3 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Joshua 20:3
That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares,
[and]
unwittingly, may flee thither
Who through mere accident, and without design, killed a person,
friend or foe, one of his own kindred, or a stranger, without any
malice against him, or intention to take away his life:
and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of
blood;
from any of the relations of the deceased, who might be stirred
up to avenge the blood of his kinsman on the slayer; see (
Numbers
35:12 ) .
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