en_tn_condensed/exo/21/13.md

did not lie in wait for him

"did not plan to harm him" or "did not do it on purpose"

I will appoint for you a place to where he can flee

The purpose of choosing a place can be stately clearly here. Alternate translation: "I will choose a place that he can run away to be safe" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)