3That the slayer that kills any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.


In Context

1 The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

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

4 And when he that does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

Joshua 20:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:3so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:3That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:3that 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:3that 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and ignorantly, may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.