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Selected Verse: Joshua 20:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 20:3 |
King James |
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
avenger
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type).
(See Scofield) - (Isa 59:20). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Unwittingly - Heb. Through ignorance, or error, or mistake, and without knowledge. The same thing twice repeated to cut off all the expectations that wilful murderers might have of protection here; God having declared, that such should be taken even from his altar, that they might be killed. It is strange that any Christians should make their sanctuaries give protection to such persons whom God hath so expressly excepted from it! Avenger - The nearest kinsman, who had right or power to demand, or take vengeance of the slaughter. |
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.