Deuteronomy 19:4

And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

And this is the case {H1697} of the slayer {H7523}, which shall flee {H5127} thither, that he may live {H2425}: Whoso killeth {H5221} his neighbour {H7453} ignorantly {H1097}{H1847}, whom he hated {H8130} not in time {H8543} past {H8032};

The killer who will live if he flees there is someone who has killed his fellow member of the community by mistake, who did not hate him in the past.

Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Numbers 35:15

    These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

  • Numbers 35:24

    Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Deuteronomy 4:42

    That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

  • Genesis 31:2

    And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.

  • Joshua 3:4

    Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:2

    And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

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