Deuteronomy 19:4

English Standard Version

4 “This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past— (Nu 35:15; De 4:42; Jos 20:3; Jos 20:5) 

New International Version

4 This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety – anyone who kills a neighbour unintentionally, without malice aforethought. 

New International Reader’s Version

4 Here is the rule about a person who kills someone. That person can run to one of those cities for safety. The rule applies to anyone who kills a neighbour they didn’t hate and didn’t mean to kill. 

King James Version

4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; 

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