'Alive' in the Bible

But you who have remained faithful to the Lord your God are all alive today.

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!