Deuteronomy 4:42

KJV1611 – Modern English

That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    These were for anyone who accidentally killed a neighbor without prior hostility, so that they could flee to one of these cities and live.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} might flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither, which should kill{H7523}{(H8799)} his neighbour{H7453} unawares{H1097}{H1847}, and hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in times{H8543} past{H8032}; and that fleeing{H5127}{(H8804)} unto one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892} he might live{H2425}{(H8804)}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    that he shulde fle thiter which had kylled his neyghboure vnwares and hated him not in tyme past and therfore shulde fle vnto one of the same cities and lyue:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    yt he might flye thither, which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres, & hated him not afore tyme, yt he might flye in to one of these cities, & lyue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That he shoulde flee thyther which had kylled his neyghbour vnwares, & hated hym not in tyme past, and therfore shoulde flee vnto one of the same cities, and lyue:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that the manslayer 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:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that the manslayer 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:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:6 : 6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.
  • Num 35:11-12 : 11 Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally. 12 And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.
  • Num 35:15-28 : 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there. 16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies; 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him. 22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait, 23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm: 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled; 27 And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession.
  • Deut 19:1-9 : 1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and houses; 2 You shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess. 3 You shall prepare a road for yourself, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there. 4 And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past; 5 As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live: 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past. 7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself. 8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers; 9 If you keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three; 10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:2-7
    6 verses
    89%

    2 You shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.

    3 You shall prepare a road for yourself, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.

    4 And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past;

    5 As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live:

    6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

    7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself.

  • Num 35:11-16
    6 verses
    87%

    11 Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12 And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

    13 And of these cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge.

    14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

    15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

    16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  • Josh 20:2-9
    8 verses
    86%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Set apart cities of refuge for yourselves, of which I spoke to you through Moses:

    3 That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4 And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

    5 And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand.

    6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the slayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.

    7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

    8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

    9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

    11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

    12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

    13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

  • Num 35:19-29
    11 verses
    78%

    19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

    24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

    25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

    26 But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;

    27 And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

    28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession.

    29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 4:43
    77%

    43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plain land of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

  • Num 35:6
    77%

    6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.

  • Exod 21:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

    14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

  • Deut 21:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him,

    2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;

    3 And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

  • Deut 4:41
    73%

    41 Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sunrise;

  • Num 35:32
    72%

    32 And you shall take no ransom for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

  • Josh 21:38
    70%

    38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:32
    70%

    32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

  • Josh 21:13
    69%

    13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:27
    68%

    27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

  • Prov 28:17
    68%

    17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • Josh 21:21
    68%

    21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,

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