Exodus 21:13
King James Version (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.
American Standard Version (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.
World English Bible (WEB)
but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Exodus 21:13 Cross References
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
