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Joshua 20:5 KJV
Joshua · chapter 20 · verse 5 · King James Version
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.Joshua 20:5 · King James Version
Joshua 20:5 in context
3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Key words (Strong's)
- unwittinglybᵉlîyproperly, failureH1097 →
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- avengergâʼalto be the next of kinH1350 →
- deliverçâgarto shut upH5462 →
- pursuerâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- slayerrâtsachproperly, to dash in piecesH7523 →
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