Joshua 20:4 - Tree of Life Version

When one flees to one of those cities, he must stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city. Then they are to take him into their city and give him a place to live among them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city; they shall receive him to [the protection of] that city and give him a place to dwell among them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The killer will flee to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and explain their situation to the elders of that city. The elders are to let the killer into the city and provide a place of refuge for the killer to live with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when he shall flee to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city such things as prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.

Joshua 20:4 Cross References

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate, and secured my seat in the public square,

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, and crushed at the gate without a deliverer!

Psalm 26:9

Do not take my soul away with sinners, nor my life with people of bloodshed—

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is respected at the city gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech—an Ethiopian official in the king’s palace—heard they had put Jeremiah in the pit. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,

Hebrews 6:18

So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Joshua 20:3

So the manslayer who kills any person by mistake and without premeditation may flee there. They will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.