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Joshua 20 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Cities of Refuge
(Num 35:9–28; Deu 19:1–13 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:1 - The LORD said to Joshua,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - “Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the death will appear before the elders at the city gate and present his case. They must allow him to enter the city and give him a place to live among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - If the relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing, the leaders must not release the slayer to them, for he killed the other person unintentionally and without previous hostility.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - But the slayer must stay in that city and be tried by the local assembly, which will render a judgment. And he must continue to live in that city until the death of the high priest who was in office at the time of the accident. After that, he is free to return to his own home in the town from which he fled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - On the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho, the following cities were designated: Bezer, in the wilderness plain of the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, in the territory of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, in the land of the tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.
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