NASB
""Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously--"
— Deuteronomy 19:4, NASB
“And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;”
“And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; ”
“This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;”
“Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident.”
“This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before:”
“This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;”
“And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;”
"When the LORD your God cuts off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,
you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.
"You shall prepare the roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the LORD your God will give you as a possession, so that any manslayer may flee there.
"Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously--
as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies--he may flee to one of these cities and live;
otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
"Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.'