Joshua 20:3

3so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.

3so that one who commits manslaughter by 20:3 Lit strikingkilling a person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.

3that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.

3so that the person (manslayer) who kills any person unintentionally, 20:3 Lit without knowledge. The Hebrew terminology is not very precise, but adequate nonetheless to distinguish involuntary manslaughter from murder. In modern terms, the person who is guilty only of manslaughter must not have been aware at the time that he was actually killing a human being (like the hunter who mistakes a man for an animal of prey); or if he knew that his actions were affecting another human, he must not have been aware that those actions could result in the death of the other person. In v 5, it is also stated that the perpetrator must not have had hatred for the victim, and it is implied that if hatred was a factor, the killer is automatically ruled a murderer (cf Num 35:20, 21).without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the 20:3 Lit redeemer of blood, the idea being that the one who kills the murderer of a relative redeems the guilt of the crime. The avenger was ordinarily a male next-of-kin, and he had the right, or even the responsibility, to execute the guilty party.blood avenger. [Num 35:10ff]

3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

3Anyone who kills a person by accident can run there for safety. So can anyone who kills a person without meaning to. The one charged with murder will be kept safe from the nearest male relative of the person killed.