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Joshua 20:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Joshua 20:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 20
The Cities of Refuge.[a] 1 The Lord then said to Joshua, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Choose refuge cities for yourselves, just as I told you to do through Moses. 3 This way anyone who kills another accidentally or unintentionally can flee there and take refuge from the relative who seeks blood vengeance.
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- Joshua 20:1 God had prepared the Israelites to function well in their new land through his instructions to Moses many years earlier. The laws that required the establishment of “cities of refuge”—for someone who committed an unintentional murder—are detailed in Num 35:9-28; Deut 19:1-13.
Joshua 20:1-3
New International Version
Joshua 20:1-3
New International Version
Cities of Refuge(A)
20 Then the Lord said to Joshua: 2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, 3 so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally(B) may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.(C)
Joshua 20:1-3
King James Version
Joshua 20:1-3
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20 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.
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