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Jos 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

your refuge		Num 35:15-24

Correlating Passages

your refuge

	Num 35:15	These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
	Num 35:16	And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
	Num 35:17	And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
	Num 35:18	Or [if] he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
	Num 35:19	The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 20:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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