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Exodus 21:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “But if he did not lie in wait [for him], but God let [him] fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And if a man shall not lie in wait, but God shall deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— But, he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And if a man hath not layed wayte, but God hath offered him into his hande, then I wil appoynt thee a place whither he shall flee.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And if a man lye not in wait, but God deliuer [him] into his hand, then I will appoint thee a place whither hee shall flee:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And if a man lie not in wait, but Elohim deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And if x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
a man lie not in wait, 6658
{6658} Prime
צָדָה
tsadah
{tsaw-daw'}
A primitive root; to chase; by implication to desolate.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
but ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
deliver 579
{0579} Prime
אָנַה
'anah
{aw-naw'}
A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H0578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence to meet in various senses.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
[him] into his hand; 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
then I will appoint 7760
{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
thee a place 4725
{4725} Prime
מָקוֹם
maqowm
{maw-kome'}
From H6965; properly a standing, that is, a spot; but used widely of a locality (generally or specifically); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind).
whither x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
x8033
(8033) Complement
שָׁם
sham
{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
he shall flee. 5127
{5127} Prime
נוּס
nuwc
{noos}
A primitive root; to flit, that is, vanish away (subside, escape; causatively chase, impel, deliver).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 21:12-21.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Exodus 21:13

And if a man lie not in wait, but (l) God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

(l) Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
lie not:

Numbers 35:11 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.
Numbers 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Deuteronomy 19:4-6 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; ... 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.
Deuteronomy 19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
Micah 7:2 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.

God:

1 Samuel 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
1 Samuel 24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed.
1 Samuel 24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
2 Samuel 16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
Isaiah 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

I will appoint:

Numbers 35:11 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.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; ... [Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Deuteronomy 19:1-3 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; ... Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
Deuteronomy 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Joshua 20:2-9 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: ... These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Nu 35:11, 22. Dt 4:41; 19:1, 4, 9, 11. Jsh 20:2. 1S 24:4, 10, 18. 2S 16:10. Is 10:7. Mi 7:2.

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