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Joshua 20:3

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

KJV

ut confugiat ad eas quicumque animam percusserit nescius, et possit evadere iram proximi, qui ultor est sanguinis :

Vulgate

φυγαδευτήριον τῷ φονευτῇ τῷ πατάξαντι ψυχὴν ἀκουσίως· καὶ ἔσονται ὑμῖν αἱ πόλεις φυγαδευτήριον, καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται ὁ φονευτὴς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ αἷμα, ἕως ἄν καταστῇ ἐναντίον τῆς συναγωγῆς εἰς κρίσιν.

LXX

that 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.

ASV

לָ/נ֥וּס שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ רוֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה נֶ֥פֶשׁ בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֖ה בִּ/בְלִי דָ֑עַת וְ/הָי֤וּ לָ/כֶם֙ לְ/מִקְלָ֔ט מִ/גֹּאֵ֖ל הַ/דָּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךְ
k
verb · 104×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִקְלַ֣ט
mqlt
noun · 20×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
שְׁגָגָ֖ה
shggh
verb · 19×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • Num 35:12 — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
  • Num 35:19 — The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.