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Monday, September 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Schlachter Bibel

Josua 20:3

daß dahin fliehen möge der Totschläger, der eine Seele unvorsätzlich und unversehens schlägt, damit sie euch als Zuflucht vor dem Bluträcher dienen.

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

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
daß dahin fliehe ein Totschläger, der jemand aus Versehen, unabsichtlich, erschlagen hat; und sie seien euch zur Zuflucht vor dem Bluträcher.
Lutherbible (1912)
dahin fliehen möge ein Totschläger, der eine Seele unversehens und unwissend schlägt, daß sie unter euch frei seien von dem Bluträcher.

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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