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Joshua 20:5

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

KJV

Cumque ultor sanguinis eum fuerit persecutus, non tradent in manus ejus : quia ignorans percussit proximum ejus, nec ante biduum triduumve ejus probatur inimicus.

Vulgate

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

ASV

וְ/כִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַ/דָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו וְ/לֹֽא יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת הָ/רֹצֵ֖חַ בְּ/יָד֑/וֹ כִּ֤י בִ/בְלִי דַ֨עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת רֵעֵ֔/הוּ וְ/לֹֽא שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖/וֹ מִ/תְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם

Hebrew

And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
verb · 148×
ךְ
k
verb · 104×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 499×
ם
m
verb · 144×
סָג֑וּר
sgvr
verb · 91×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
shlshvm
noun · 25×
תְּמ֥וֹל
tmvl
adverb · 23×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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.