Deuteronomy 19:4

This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live. Whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past;

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WEBBE

This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbour unintentionally, and didn’t hate him in time past—

BSB

Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

KJV

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

ASV

And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

BBE

This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

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וְזֶה ve·zeh and this H2088 דְּבַר de·var [will be] [the] case of H1697 הָרֹצֵחַ ha·ro·tze·ach the killer H7523 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- who H834 יָנוּס ya·nus he will flee H5127 שָׁמָּה sha·mah there towards H8033 וָחָי va·chai and he will live H2421 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 יַכֶּה ya·keh he will strike H5221 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רֵעֵהוּ re·'e·hu companion his H7453 בִּבְלִי־ biv·li- with not H1097 דַעַת da·'at knowledge H1847 וְהוּא ve·hu' and he H1931 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 שֹׂנֵא so·ne' [was] hating H8130 לוֹ lo (to) (the) him H9033 מִתְּמֹל mi·te·mol from yesterday H8543 שִׁלְשֹׁם shil·shom [the] third day H8032

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–13

Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the Lord our Righteousness, refuge is provided for those who by faith flee unto him. But there is no refuge in Jesus Christ for presumptuous sinners, who go on still in their trespasses. Those who flee to Christ from their sins, shall be safe in him, but not those who expect to be sheltered by him in their sins.

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Avenger Of Blood

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.