Exodus 21:13

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.

And if a man lie not in wait {H6658}, but God {H430} deliver {H579} him into his hand {H3027}; then I will appoint {H7760} thee a place {H4725} whither he shall flee {H5127}.

If it was not premeditated but an act of God, then I will designate for you a place to which he can flee.

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.

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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Cross-References

  • Joshua 20:2 (6 votes)

    Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

  • Joshua 20:9 (6 votes)

    These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

  • Deuteronomy 4:41 (4 votes)

    ¶ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

  • Deuteronomy 4:43 (4 votes)

    [Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

  • Deuteronomy 19:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

  • Deuteronomy 19:13 (4 votes)

    Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • 1 Samuel 24:10 (4 votes)

    Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed.