Joshua 20:4

Easy To Read Version

“This is what that person must do. When he runs away and goes to one of those cities, he must stop at the entrance of the city. He must stand at the gate and tell the leaders of the people what happened. Then the leaders can allow him to enter the city. They will give him a place to live among them.

Cross References

Job 29:7

“Those were the days\par when I went to the city gate\par and sat with the elders of the city\par in the public meeting place.\par

Job 5:4

There was no one to help his children.\par No one defended them in court.\par

Psalm 26:9

Lord, don’t group me with those sinners.\par Don’t kill me with those murderers.\par

Proverbs 31:23

People respect her husband.\par He is one of the leaders of the land.\par

Jeremiah 38:7

But a man named Ebed Melech heard that those officials had put Jeremiah into the cistern. {\cf2\super [325]} Ebed Melech was a man from Ethiopia, and he was a eunuch {\cf2\super [326]} in the king’s house. King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate. So Ebed Melech left the king’s house and went to talk to the king at that gate.

Hebrews 6:18

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

Joshua 20:3

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.