Joshua 20:4

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.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was 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 the strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

Psalm 26:9

Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate of the city: and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Job 5:4

His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate: and there shall be none to deliver them.

Joshua 20:3

That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood.