Joshua 20

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 unto Joshua,^H3091 saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Speak^H1696 to the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 saying,^H559 Assign you^H5414 the cities^H5892 of refuge,^H4733 whereof I spake^H1696 unto you by^H3027 Moses,^H4872

3 ♥ 📝 that the manslayer^H7523 that killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 unwittingly^H7684 [and] unawares^H7684 may flee^H5127 thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge^H4733 from the avenger^H1350 of blood.^H1818

4 ♥ 📝 And he shall flee^H5127 unto one^H259 of those cities,^H5892 and shall stand^H5975 at the entrance^H6607 of the gate^H8179 of the city,^H5892 and declare^H1696 his cause^H1697 in the ears^H241 of the elders^H2205 of that city;^H5892 and they shall take^H622 him into the city^H5892 unto them, and give^H5414 him a place,^H4725 that he may dwell^H3427 among them.

5 ♥ 📝 And if the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 pursue^H7291 after^H310 him, then they shall not deliver^H5462 up the manslayer^H7523 into his hand;^H3027 because he smote^H5221 his neighbor^H7453 unawares,^H1097 and hated^H8130 him not beforetime.^H8543

6 ♥ 📝 And he shall dwell^H3427 in that city,^H5892 until he stand^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation^H5712 for judgment,^H4941 until the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest^H3548 that^H834 shall be in those days:^H3117 then shall the manslayer^H7523 return,^H7725 and come^H935 unto his own city,^H5892 and unto his own house,^H1004 unto the city^H5892 from whence he fled.^H5127

7 ♥ 📝 And they set apart^H6942 Kedesh^H6943 in Galilee^H1551 in the hill-country^H2022 of Naphtali,^H5321 and Shechem^H7927 in the hill-country^H2022 of Ephraim,^H669 and Kiriath-arba^H7153 (the same is Hebron)^H2275 in the hill-country^H2022 of Judah.^H3063

8 ♥ 📝 And beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 at Jericho^H3405 eastward,^H4217 they assigned^H5414 Bezer^H1221 in the wilderness^H4057 in 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 appointed^H4152 cities^H5892 for all the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 and for the stranger^H1616 that sojourneth^H1481 among^H8432 them, that whosoever killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 unwittingly^H7684 might flee^H5127 thither, and not die^H4191 by the hand^H3027 of the avenger^H1350 of blood,^H1818 until he stood^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation.^H5712