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KJV Lexicon And if the avengerga'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) pursue radaph (raw-daf') to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r). after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) him then they shall not deliver cagar (saw-gar') to shut up; figuratively, to surrender -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, straitly. the slayer ratsach (raw-tsakh') to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder -- put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er). up into his hand yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), because he smote nakah (naw-kaw') to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) his neighbour rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. unwittingly bliy (bel-ee') failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc. da`ath (dah'-ath) knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly). and hated sane' (saw-nay') to hate (personally) -- enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly. him not beforetime tmowl (tem-ole') ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday shilshowm (shil-shome') trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday -- + before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), + heretofore, three days, + time past. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 'Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand. International Standard Version Now if the closely related avenger pursues him, then they are not to hand the killer over to him, because he killed his neighbor without premeditation and without hating him beforehand. NET Bible When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'If the relative who can avenge the death pursues him, the leaders must not hand him over to the relative because he didn't intend to kill the other person. He didn't even hate the person he killed. King James 2000 Bible And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not beforehand. Links Joshua 20:5Joshua 20:5 NIV Joshua 20:5 NLT Joshua 20:5 ESV Joshua 20:5 NASB Joshua 20:5 KJV |
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