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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 also spake () unto Joshua, saying, ()
[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:
[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.
[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.
[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 neighbour unwittingly, and hated () him not beforetime.
[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. ()
[7] And they appointed () Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
[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.
[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.

Joshua 20:7 Heb. sanctified

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Joshua 20 (BYZ)

[1] και ελαλησεν κυριος τω ιησοι λεγων
[2] λαλησον τοις υιοις ισραηλ λεγων δοτε τας πολεις των φυγαδευτηριων ας ειπα προς υμας δια μωυση
[3] φυγαδευτηριον τω φονευτη τω παταξαντι ψυχην ακουσιως και εσονται υμιν αι πολεις φυγαδευτηριον και ουκ αποθανειται ο φονευτης υπο του αγχιστευοντος το αιμα εως αν καταστη εναντιον της συναγωγης εις κρισιν …
[7] και διεστειλεν την καδης εν τη γαλιλαια εν τω ορει τω νεφθαλι και συχεμ εν τω ορει τω εφραιμ και την πολιν αρβοκ αυτη εστιν χεβρων εν τω ορει τω ιουδα
[8] και εν τω περαν του ιορδανου εδωκεν βοσορ εν τη ερημω εν τω πεδιω απο της φυλης ρουβην και αρημωθ εν τη γαλααδ εκ της φυλης γαδ και την γαυλων εν τη βασανιτιδι εκ της φυλης μανασση
[9] αυται αι πολεις αι επικλητοι τοις υιοις ισραηλ και τω προσηλυτω τω προσκειμενω εν αυτοις καταφυγειν εκει παντι παιοντι ψυχην ακουσιως ινα μη αποθανη εν χειρι του αγχιστευοντος το αιμα εως αν καταστη εναντι της συναγωγης εις κρισιν