Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
The
LORD
also
spake
unto
Joshua, saying,
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua, saying,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint
out
for
you cities of refuge, whereof
I spake
unto
you by the
hand
of
Moses :
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign
you the
cities of refuge, of
which
I spoke
to
you by Moses ,
That the slayer
that
killeth
any person unawares
and
unwittingly may flee thither
: and they shall be your
refuge from the avenger of blood.
that the manslayer
who
kills
any person unwittingly [and]
unawares
may flee there
: and they shall be to
you
for
a
refuge from the avenger of blood.
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.
He shall
flee to
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 to
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 the
slayer
up into his hand; because he smote
his neighbor unwittingly
, and hated
him not
beforetime
.
If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the
manslayer
into his hand; because he struck
his neighbor unawares
, and didn't
hate
him before
.
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.
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 to
his own city, and to
his own house, to
the city from whence he fled.
And
they appointed
Kedesh in Galilee in mount
Naphtali, and Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and Kirjatharba,
which
is Hebron ,
in the mountain
of Judah.
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
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.
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.
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.
These were the appointed cities
for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who
sojourns
among them, that whoever
kills
any person unwittingly
might flee there
, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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