Joshua 20:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official in the king’s palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them.

Joshua 20:3

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.