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Exodus 21:13

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

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ASV

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

KJV

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.Sherand thatH834 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
צָדָ֔הtza.Dahhe was lying in waitH6658 →
וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםve.ha.'E.lo.Himand <the> GodH430 →
אִנָּ֣ה'i.Nahhe allowed to happenH579 →
לְיָד֑וֹle.ya.Doto hand hisH3027 →
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.Tiand I will designateH7760 →
לְךָ֙le.Khafor <the> you
מָק֔וֹםma.Koma placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
יָנ֖וּסya.Nushe will fleeH5127 →
שָֽׁמָּה׃ סSha.mahthere <towards>H8033 →

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Numbers 35:11designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.Joshua 20:2–9“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.Deuteronomy 4:41–43Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’1 Samuel 24:4So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.Deuteronomy 19:1–13When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,Deuteronomy 19:2then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.Numbers 35:22But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,Numbers 35:10–34“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,Judges 4:7And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.2 Samuel 16:10But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

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The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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