Speak to the children of Israel, and say, (A)Appoint you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses,

That the slayer that killeth any person [a]by ignorance, and unwittingly, may flee thither, and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

And he that doth flee unto one of those cities, shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall show his cause [b]to the Elders of the city: and they shall receive him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 20:3 At unawares, and bearing him no grudge.
  2. Joshua 20:4 Hebrew, in the ears of the Elders.

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