Exodus 21:13
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.
In context
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 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. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Compare in other versions
- NIV New International Version
— Exodus 21:13 in the NIV
However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Exodus 21:13 in the ESV
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.