Joshua 20 read and compare multiple versions of the Bible

World English Bible

Joshua 20 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
[2] “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
[3] that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
[4] He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.
[5] If the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver up the man slayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him before.
[6] He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the man slayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.’ ”
[7] They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
[8] Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
[9] These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands trial before the congregation.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joshua 20 (KJVS)

[1] The LORD H3068 also spake H1696 (8762) unto Joshua H3091, saying H559 (8800),
[2] Speak H1696 (8761) to the children H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559 (8800), Appoint out H5414 (8798) for you cities H5892 of refuge H4733, whereof I spake H1696 (8765) unto you by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872:
[3] That the slayer H7523 (8802) that killeth H5221 (8688) [any] person H5315 unawares H7684 [and] unwittingly H1847 may flee H5127 (8800) thither: and they shall be your refuge H4733 from the avenger H1350 (8802) of blood H1818.
[4] And when he that doth flee H5127 (8804) unto one H259 of those cities H5892 shall stand H5975 (8804) at the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city H5892, and shall declare H1696 (8765) his cause H1697 in the ears H241 of the elders H2205 of that city H5892, they shall take H622 (8804) him into the city H5892 unto them, and give H5414 (8804) him a place H4725, that he may dwell H3427 (8804) among them.
[5] And if the avenger H1350 (8802) of blood H1818 pursue H7291 (8799) after H310 him, then they shall not deliver H5462 (8686) the slayer H7523 (8802) up into his hand H3027; because he smote H5221 (8689) his neighbour H7453 unwittingly H1097 H1847, and hated H8130 (8802) him not beforetime H8543 H8032.
[6] And he shall dwell H3427 (8804) in that city H5892, until he stand H5975 (8800) before H6440 the congregation H5712 for judgment H4941, [and] until the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 that H834 shall be in those days H3117: then shall the slayer H7523 (8802) return H7725 (8799), and come H935 (8804) unto his own city H5892, and unto his own house H1004, unto the city H5892 from whence he fled H5127 (8804).
[7] And they appointed H6942 (8686) Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551 in mount H2022 Naphtali H5321, and Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim H669, and Kirjatharba H7153, which [is] Hebron H2275, in the mountain H2022 of Judah H3063.
[8] And on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 by Jericho H3405 eastward H4217, they assigned H5414 (8804) Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 upon the plain H4334 out of the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205, and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 out of the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410, and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 out of the tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519.
[9] These were the cities H5892 appointed H4152 for all the children H1121 of Israel H3478, and for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 (8802) among H8432 them, that whosoever killeth H5221 (8688) [any] person H5315 at unawares H7684 might flee H5127 (8800) thither, and not die H4191 (8799) by the hand H3027 of the avenger H1350 (8802) of blood H1818, until he stood H5975 (8800) before H6440 the congregation H5712.

Young’s Literal Translation

Joshua 20 (YLT)

[1] And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
[2] ‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,
[3] for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
[4] ‘When one hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood at the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.
[5] ‘And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
[6] and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days-then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.’
[7] And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
[8] and beyond the Jordan, at Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in 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.
[9] These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.