Joshua 20
NASB
Josh 20:1
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Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
Josh 20:2
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, `Designate the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
Josh 20:3
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that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Josh 20:4
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~`He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.
Josh 20:5
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~`Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.
Josh 20:6
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~`He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled."'
Josh 20:7
Josh 20:8
Josh 20:9
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These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.
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