Deuteronomy 4:42

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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WEBBE

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbour unintentionally and didn’t hate him in time past, and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

BSB

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

KJV

That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

ASV

that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

BBE

To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

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לָנֻס la·nus to flee H5127 שָׁמָּה sha·mah there towards H8033 רוֹצֵחַ ro·tze·ach a killer H7523 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 יִרְצַח yir·tzach he will kill H7523 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רֵעֵהוּ re·'e·hu neighbor his H7453 בִּבְלִי־ biv·li- with no 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) him H9033 מִתְּמוֹל mi·te·mol from yesterday H8543 שִׁלְשׁוֹם shil·shom [the] third day H8032 וְנָס ve·nas and he will flee H5127 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אַחַת 'a·chat one H259 מִן־ min- of H4480 הֶעָרִים he·'a·rim the cities H5892 הָאֵל ha·'el (the) these H411 וָחָי va·chai and he will live H2421

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 41–49

Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt; and they were now repeated. Moses gave these laws in charge, while they encamped over against Beth-peor, an idol place of the Moabites. Their present triumphs were a powerful argument for obedience. And we should understand our own situation as sinners, and the nature of that gracious covenant to which we are invited. Therein greater things are shown to us than ever Israel saw from mount Sinai; greater mercies are given to us than they experienced in the wilderness, or in Canaan. One speaks to us, who is of infinitely greater dignity than Moses; who bare our sins upon the cross; and pleads with us by His dying love.

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