translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOS

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”


text: Or “asylum.”


text: Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2 ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”


text: Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”


text: Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”


text: Or “live.”


text: Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”


text: Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”


text: Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”


text: Heb “set apart.”


text: For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2 ; Map6-E1 ; Map7-E1 ; Map8-E3 ; Map10-A2 ; Map11-A1 .


text: Or “set aside.”


text: The Hebrew text reads simply “the cities.” The words “for refuge” are supplied for clarification.


text: Heb “and not die by the hand of.”


text: Heb “until he stands before the assembly.” The words “at least” are supplied for clarification.