Thematic Bible
Joshua 20:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
Joshua 20:2 (show verse)
“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
Joshua 20:3 (show verse)
that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 20:4 (show verse)
He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.
Joshua 20:5 (show verse)
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.
Joshua 20:6 (show verse)
He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”
Joshua 20:7 (show verse)
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Cities of refuge » Names &c of
Galilee » Pprovince of
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » A city of refuge in
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » A city of refuge
Kedesh » Also called kedesh-naphtali » A city of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » List of
Shechem » City of
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim
or shechem Sychar » City of
Galilee » Pprovince of
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » A city of refuge in
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » A city of refuge
Kedesh » Also called kedesh-naphtali » A city of refuge
Refuge » Cities of » List of
Shechem » City of
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim
or shechem Sychar » City of
Joshua 20:8 (show verse)
Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.