Verse 13

And if a man lie not in wait,{H6658} but God{H430} deliver{H579} [him] into his hand;{H3027} then I will appoint{H7760} thee a place{H4725} whither he shall flee.{H5127}

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 20:2-9 : 2 Speak{H1696} to the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} Assign you{H5414} the cities{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whereof I spake{H1696} unto you by{H3027} Moses,{H4872} 3 that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} [and] unawares{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350} of blood.{H1818} 4 And he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of those cities,{H5892} and shall stand{H5975} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city,{H5892} and declare{H1696} his cause{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the elders{H2205} of that city;{H5892} and they shall take{H622} him into the city{H5892} unto them, and give{H5414} him a place,{H4725} that he may dwell{H3427} among them. 5 And if the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} after{H310} him, then they shall not deliver{H5462} up the manslayer{H7523} into his hand;{H3027} because he smote{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not beforetime.{H8543} 6 And he shall dwell{H3427} in that city,{H5892} until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment,{H4941} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} that{H834} shall be in those days:{H3117} then shall the manslayer{H7523} return,{H7725} and come{H935} unto his own city,{H5892} and unto his own house,{H1004} unto the city{H5892} from whence he fled.{H5127} 7 And they set apart{H6942} Kedesh{H6943} in Galilee{H1551} in the hill-country{H2022} of Naphtali,{H5321} and Shechem{H7927} in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} and Kiriath-arba{H7153} (the same is Hebron){H2275} in the hill-country{H2022} of Judah.{H3063} 8 And beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} at Jericho{H3405} eastward,{H4217} they assigned{H5414} Bezer{H1221} in the wilderness{H4057} in the plain{H4334} out of the tribe{H4294} of Reuben,{H7205} and Ramoth{H7216} in Gilead{H1568} out of the tribe{H4294} of Gad,{H1410} and Golan{H1474} in Bashan{H1316} out of the tribe{H4294} of Manasseh.{H4519} 9 These were the appointed{H4152} cities{H5892} for all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and for the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} them, that whosoever killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} might flee{H5127} thither, and not die{H4191} by the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} until he stood{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation.{H5712}
  • 1 Sam 24:4 : 4 And the men{H582} of David{H1732} said{H559} unto him, Behold, the day{H3117} of which Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto thee, Behold, I will deliver{H5414} thine enemy{H341} into thy hand,{H3027} and thou shalt do{H6213} to him as it shall seem good{H3190} unto thee.{H5869} Then David{H1732} arose,{H6965} and cut off{H3772} the skirt{H3671} of Saul's{H7586} robe{H4598} privily.{H3909}
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day{H3117} thine eyes{H5869} have seen{H7200} how that Jehovah{H3068} had delivered{H5414} thee to-day{H3117} into my hand{H3027} in the cave:{H4631} and some bade{H559} me kill{H2026} thee; but [mine eye] spared{H2347} thee; and I said,{H559} I will not put forth{H7971} my hand{H3027} against my lord;{H113} for he is Jehovah's{H113} anointed.{H4899}
  • 1 Sam 24:18 : 18 And thou hast declared{H5046} this day{H3117} how that thou hast dealt{H6213} well{H2896} with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah{H3068} had delivered{H5462} me up into thy hand,{H3027} thou killedst{H2026} me not.
  • Deut 4:41-43 : 41 Then Moses{H4872} set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} toward the sunrising;{H8121} 42 that the manslayer{H7523} might flee{H5127} thither, that slayeth{H7523} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032} and that fleeing{H5127} unto one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892} he might live:{H2425} 43 [ namely], Bezer{H1221} in the wilderness,{H4057} in the plain{H4334} country,{H776} for the Reubenites;{H7206} and Ramoth{H7216} in Gilead,{H1568} for the Gadites;{H1425} and Golan{H1474} in Bashan,{H1316} for the Manassites.{H4520}
  • Deut 19:1-9 : 1 When Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall cut off{H3772} the nations,{H1471} whose land{H776} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, and thou succeedest{H3423} them, and dwellest{H3427} in their cities,{H5892} and in their houses;{H1004} 2 thou shalt set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee in the midst{H8432} of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee to possess{H3423} it. 3 Thou shalt prepare{H3559} thee the way,{H1870} and divide the borders{H1366} of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} causeth thee to inherit,{H5157} into three parts,{H8027} that every manslayer{H7523} may flee{H5127} thither. 4 And this is the case{H1697} of the manslayer,{H7523} that shall flee{H5127} thither and live:{H2425} whoso killeth{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032} 5 as when a man goeth{H935} into the forest{H3293} with his neighbor{H7453} to hew{H2404} wood,{H6086} and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772} the tree,{H6086} and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394} from the helve,{H6086} and lighteth{H4672} upon his neighbor,{H7453} so that he dieth;{H4191} he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of these cities{H5892} and live:{H2425} 6 lest the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} the manslayer,{H310} while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot,{H3179} and overtake{H5381} him, because the way{H1870} is long,{H7235} and smite him{H5315} mortally;{H5221} whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death,{H4194} inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past.{H8032} 7 Wherefore I command{H6680} thee, saying,{H559} Thou shalt set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee. 8 And if Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} enlarge{H7337} thy border,{H1366} as he hath sworn{H7650} unto thy fathers,{H1} and give{H5414} thee all the land{H776} which he promised{H1696} to give{H5414} unto thy fathers;{H1} 9 if thou shalt keep{H8104} all this commandment{H4687} to do{H6213} it, which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} to love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and to walk{H3212} ever{H3117} in his ways;{H1870} then shalt thou add{H3254} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, besides these three:{H7969} 10 that innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210} in{H7130} the midst of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} and so blood{H1818} be upon thee. 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130} his neighbor,{H7453} and lie in wait{H693} for him, and rise up{H6965} against him, and smite{H5221} him mortally{H5315} so that he dieth,{H4191} and he flee{H5127} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities;{H5892} 12 then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him thence, and deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} that he may die.{H4191} 13 Thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347} him, but thou shalt put away{H1197} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from Israel,{H3478} that it may go well{H2895} with thee.
  • Num 35:10-34 : 10 Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, When ye pass over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} 11 then ye shall appoint{H7136} you cities{H5892} to be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for you, that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither. 12 And the cities{H5892} shall be unto you for refuge{H4733} from the avenger,{H1350} that the manslayer{H7523} die{H4191} not, until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment.{H4941} 13 And the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} shall be for you six{H8337} cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733} 14 Ye shall give{H5414} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} and three{H7969} cities{H5892} shall ye give{H5414} in the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} they shall be cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733} 15 For the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and for the stranger{H1616} and for the sojourner{H1616} among{H8432} them, shall these six{H8337} cities{H5892} be for refuge;{H4733} that every one that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither. 16 But if he smote{H5221} him with an instrument{H3627} of iron,{H1270} so that he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 17 And if he smote{H5221} him with a stone{H68} in the hand,{H3027} whereby a man may die,{H4191} and he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 18 Or if he smote{H5221} him with a weapon{H3627} of wood{H6086} in the hand,{H3027} whereby a man may die,{H4191} and he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 19 The avenger of blood{H1818} shall himself put the murderer{H7523} to death:{H4191} when he{H1931} meeteth{H6293} him, he{H1931} shall put him to death.{H4191} 20 And if he thrust{H1920} him of hatred,{H8135} or hurled{H7993} at him, lying in wait,{H6660} so that he died,{H4191} 21 or in enmity{H342} smote{H5221} him with his hand,{H3027} so that he died;{H4191} he that smote{H5221} him shall surely{H4191} be put to death;{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} shall put the murderer{H7523} to death,{H4191} when he meeteth{H6293} him. 22 But if he thrust{H1920} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity,{H342} or hurled{H7993} upon him anything{H3627} without lying in wait,{H6660} 23 or with any stone,{H68} whereby a man may die,{H4191} seeing{H7200} him not,{H3808} and cast{H5307} it upon him, so that he died,{H4191} and he was not his enemy,{H341} neither sought{H1245} his harm;{H7451} 24 then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199} between the smiter{H5221} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} according to these ordinances;{H4941} 25 and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081} 26 But if the manslayer{H7523} shall at any time{H3318} go{H3318} beyond the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he fleeth,{H5127} 27 and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} find{H4672} him without{H2351} the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} slay{H7523} the manslayer;{H7523} he shall not be guilty of blood,{H1818} 28 because he should have remained{H3427} in his city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest:{H3548} but after{H310} the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} the manslayer{H7523} shall return{H7725} into the land{H776} of his possession.{H272} 29 And these things shall be for a statute{H2708} [and] ordinance{H4941} unto you throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings.{H4186} 30 Whoso killeth{H5221} any person,{H5315} the murderer{H7523} shall be slain{H7523} at the mouth{H6310} of witnesses:{H5707} but one{H259} witness{H5707} shall not testify{H6030} against any person{H5315} that he die.{H4191} 31 Moreover ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for the life{H5315} of a murderer,{H7523} that is guilty{H7563} of death;{H4191} but he shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 32 And ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127} to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} that he may come again{H7725} to dwell{H3427} in the land,{H776} until the death{H4194} of the priest.{H3548} 33 So ye shall not pollute{H2610} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood,{H1818} it polluteth{H2610} the land;{H776} and no expiation{H3722} can be made for the land{H776} for the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210} it. 34 And thou shalt not defile{H2930} the land{H776} which ye inhabit,{H3427} in the midst of which{H8432} I dwell:{H7931} for I, Jehovah,{H3068} dwell{H7931} in{H8432} the midst of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} What have I to do with you, ye sons{H1121} of Zeruiah?{H6870} Because he curseth,{H7043} and because Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} unto him, Curse{H7043} David;{H1732} who then shall say,{H559} Wherefore hast thou done so?{H6213}
  • Isa 10:7 : 7 Howbeit he meaneth{H1819} not so, neither doth his heart{H3824} think{H2803} so; but it is in his heart{H3824} to destroy,{H8045} and to cut off{H3772} nations{H1471} not a few.{H4592}
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly{H2623} man is perished{H6} out of the earth,{H776} and there is none upright{H3477} among men:{H120} they all lie in wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} they hunt{H6679} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net.{H2764}