Joshua 20:3
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares, and unwittingly, may flee thither,.... Who through mere accident, and without design, killed a person, friend or foe, one of his own kindred, or a…
Many things were by the law of Moses ordered to be done when they came to Canaan and this among the rest, the appointing of sanctuaries for the protecting of those that were guilty of casual murder,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares In accordance with these regulations a wide distinction was made between the man who committed wilful murder, and one who slew another by mistake, in…