Six of those cities will be cities of safety. If a person {accidentally} kills someone, then that person can run to those towns for safety. In addition to those six cities, you will also give 42 more cities to the Levites.
Joshua 20:2 - Easy To Read Version “I used Moses to give you a command. Moses told you to choose cities to be special cities of safety. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say to the Israelites, Appoint among you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, American Standard Version (1901) Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses, Common English Bible “Say to the Israelites, ‘Set up refuge cities for yourselves. I spoke to you about these through Moses. Catholic Public Domain Version Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses. |
Six of those cities will be cities of safety. If a person {accidentally} kills someone, then that person can run to those towns for safety. In addition to those six cities, you will also give 42 more cities to the Levites.
If any person kills another person, but it is an accident and he did not mean to kill that person, then he can go to a city of safety to hide from the relatives who want to kill him.