What does Joshua 20:3 mean?
ESV: that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
NIV: so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.
NASB: so that one who commits manslaughter by killing a person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.
CSB: so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
NLT: Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.
KJV: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
NKJV: that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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