Joshua 20:3

Six Cities of Refuge

2“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.4When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

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Berean Standard Bible
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
American Standard Version (1901)
that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
Bible in Basic English
So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.
Free Bible Version
Then any man who kills somebody by accident, unintentionally, can run there and they will be protected from those who wish to take revenge.
Geneva Bible 1599
That the slaier that killeth any person by ignorance, and vnwittingly, may flee thither, and they shall be your refuge from the auenger of blood.
King James (Authorized) Version
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Translation for Translators
If someone kills another person accidentally, not intending to kill that person, the one who killed that person may run/escape to one of these cities and be safe/protected from someone trying to get revenge for that person’s death [MTY].
Unlocked Literal Bible
Do this so that one who unintentionally kills a person can go there. These cities will be a place of refuge from anyone who seeks to avenge the blood of a person who was killed.
Noah Webster Bible
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and ignorantly, may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
World English Bible
that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
Young's Literal Translation
for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.