NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon That the slayerratsach (raw-tsakh') to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder -- put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er). that killeth nakah (naw-kaw') to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) any person nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) unawares shgagah (sheg-aw-gaw') a mistake or inadvertent transgression -- error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly. and unwittingly da`ath (dah'-ath) knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly). may flee nuwc (noos) to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) thither and they shall be your refuge miqlat (mik-lawt') an asylum (as a receptacle) -- refuge. from the avenger ga'al (gaw-al') to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.); of blood dam (dawm) blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. King James Bible That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. International Standard Version so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without premeditation may run there and be protected from closely related avengers. NET Bible Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. GOD'S WORD® Translation Choose them so that anyone who unintentionally kills someone may run to them. They will be a place of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. King James 2000 Bible That the slayer that kills any person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Links Joshua 20:3Joshua 20:3 NIV Joshua 20:3 NLT Joshua 20:3 ESV Joshua 20:3 NASB Joshua 20:3 KJV |
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