Joshua 20:4

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.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

Hebrews 6:18

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Psalm 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

Job 29:7

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

Joshua 20:3

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.