Bible verse
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Exodus 21:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 21.
9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
10 If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
11 If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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