20:1 And Yehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge,
[of] which I spoke to you by Moses.
20:3 [Even] a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally;
and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to
death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation
for judgement.
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20:7 And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and
Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the
mountain of Judah.
20:8 And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out
of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and
Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
20:9 These [were] the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the
stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul
unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of
the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for
judgement. |
20:1 Yehovah also spake unto Joshua,
saying,
20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of
refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of
the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and
give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation
for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those
days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his
own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in
mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer
in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in
Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of
Manasseh.
20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for
the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person
at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of
blood, until he stood before the congregation. |