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Darby's French Translation

Josué 20:3

afin que l'homicide qui, par mégarde, aura frappé à mort quelqu'un sans le savoir, s'y enfuie; et elles vous serviront de refuge devant le vengeur du sang.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Avenger of Blood;   Communion;   Homicide;   Refuge;   Scofield Reference Index - Redemption;   Thompson Chain Reference - Avenger;   Slayer, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cities of Refuge;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - City of refuge;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Land (of Israel);   Motives;   Murder;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Avenger;   Blood;   Cities of Refuge;   Court Systems;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Refuge, Cities of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Refuge;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assassination;   Cruel;   Goel;   Homicide;   Ignorance;   Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Refuge, Cities of;   Relationships, Family;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blood-revenge;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Afin que le meurtrier qui aura tué quelqu'un par mégarde, sans intention, puisse s'y enfuir; elles vous serviront de refuge contre le vengeur du sang.
Louis Segond (1910)
où pourra s'enfuir le meurtrier qui aura tué quelqu'un involontairement, sans intention; elles vous serviront de refuge contre le vengeur du sang.
La Bible David Martin (1744)
Afin que le meurtrier qui aura tué quelqu'un par ignorance, sans y penser, s'y enfuie, et elles vous seront pour refuge devant celui qui a le droit de venger le sang.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:12 - from the avenger Numbers 35:19 - General Numbers 35:22 - General 2 Samuel 14:11 - the revengers Hebrews 6:18 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 stranger, without any malice against him, or intention to take away his life:

and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood; from any of the relations of the deceased, who might be stirred up to avenge the blood of his kinsman on the slayer; see Numbers 35:12.


 
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