Genesis 7:23

7:23 So the Lord ¹  destroyed ²  every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. ³  They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 19:3-4

19:3 You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent ⁵  of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities. 19:4 Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, ⁶  if he has accidentally killed another ⁷  without hating him at the time of the accident. ⁸ 

Hebrews 6:18

6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ⁹  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ¹⁰  the elementary ¹¹  instructions about Christ ¹²  and move on ¹³  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 3:19

3:19 So ¹⁴  we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹⁵  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ¹⁶ 

[7:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:23]  ² tn Heb “wiped away” (cf. NRSV “blotted out”).

[7:23]  ³ tn Heb “from man to animal to creeping thing and to the bird of the sky.”

[7:23]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁאָר (sha’ar) means “to be left over; to survive” in the Niphal verb stem. It is the word used in later biblical texts for the remnant that escapes judgment. See G. F. Hasel, “Semantic Values of Derivatives of the Hebrew Root só’r,” AUSS 11 (1973): 152-69.

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “border.”

[19:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and this is the word pertaining to the one who kills who flees there and lives.”

[19:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “who strikes his neighbor without knowledge.”

[19:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “yesterday and a third (day)” (likewise in v. 6). The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing. Cf. NAB “had previously borne no malice”; NRSV “had not been at enmity before.”

[6:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.

[6:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ¹² tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[3:19]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “of our confession.”