Joshua 20:5
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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.Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
In other translations
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.Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
Hebrew words
וְכִיvekhiand ifH3588יִרְדֹּףyirdofhe will pursueH7291גֹּאֵלgo'el[the] avenger ofH1350הַדָּםhadam<the> bloodH1818אַחֲרָיו'acharavafter himH310וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יַסְגִּרוּyasgiruthey will deliver upH5462אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָרֹצֵחַharotzeachthe killerH7523בְּיָדוֹbeyadoin hand hisH3027כִּיkiforH3588בִבְלִי־vivli-with notH1097דַעַתda'atknowledgeH1847הִכָּהhikahhe struckH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֵעֵהוּre'ehuneighbor hisH7453וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808שֹׂנֵאsone'[was] hatingH8130הוּאhu'heH1931לוֹlo<to> <the> himמִתְּמוֹלmitemolfrom yesterdayH8543שִׁלְשׁוֹם׃shilshom[the] third dayH8032
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Numbers 35:12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- Numbers 35:25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
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