And
Jehovah
spake unto Joshua, saying,
The
LORD
also
spake unto Joshua, saying,
Translation comparison
Joshua 20
9 aligned verses; 9 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign
you the
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses ,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint
out
for
you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the
hand
of
Moses :
that the manslayer
that killeth any person unwittingly
`and'
unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto
you
for
a
refuge from the avenger of blood.
That the slayer
that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly
may flee thither: and they shall be your
refuge from the avenger of blood.
And he shall
flee unto one of those cities ,
and
shall stand at the entrance
of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city ;
and
they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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.
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up
the manslayer
into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares
, and hated him not beforetime.
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer
up
into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly
, and hated him not beforetime.
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer
return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
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.
And they set
apart
Kedesh in Galilee in the
hill-country
of
Naphtali, and Shechem in the
hill-country
of
Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba
(the
same
is Hebron )
in the hill-country
of Judah.
And they appointed
Kedesh in Galilee in mount
Naphtali, and Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and Kirjatharba,
which
is Hebron ,
in the mountain
of Judah.
And beyond
the Jordan at
Jericho eastward, they assigned 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.
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.
These were the appointed
cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly
might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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.
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