Verse 5
Joshua 20:5
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כִ֨י יִרְדֹּ֜ף גֹּאֵ֤ל הַ/דָּם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו וְ/לֹֽא יַסְגִּ֥רוּ אֶת הָ/רֹצֵ֖חַ בְּ/יָד֑/וֹ כִּ֤י בִ/בְלִי דַ֨עַת֙ הִכָּ֣ה אֶת רֵעֵ֔/הוּ וְ/לֹֽא שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖/וֹ מִ/תְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
English Translation
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the murderer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and he was not his enemy yesterday or the day before.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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