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Deuteronomy 19:4

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19:4Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live,4 if he has accidentally killed another5 without hating him at the time of the accident.6

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  1. 4 Heb “and this is the word pertaining to the one who kills who flees there and lives.”
  2. 5 Heb “who strikes his neighbor without knowledge.”
  3. 6 Heb “yesterday and a third (day)” (likewise in v. 6). The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing. Cf. “had previously borne no malice”; “had not been at enmity before.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

NLTNew Living Translation

“If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live there who has killed his neighbor unintentionally, and he did not hate him previously.

KJV 1900King James Version

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;