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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.

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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 Kirjatharba , 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 .

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.