Joshua 20:4

God's Word

“ ‘A person who kills someone accidentally can run to one of these cities. There he will stand at the entrance to the city, where court is held, and present his case to the leaders of that city. Then they will take him into their city and give him a place to live with them.

Cross References

Job 29:7

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

Job 5:4

His children are far from help. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them.

Psalm 26:9

Do not sweep away my soul along with hardened sinners or my life along with bloodthirsty people.

Proverbs 31:23

“Her husband is known at the city gates when he sits with the leaders of the land.

Jeremiah 38:7

But an official in the royal palace, Ebed Melech from Sudan, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at Benjamin Gate.

Hebrews 6:18

God did this so that we would be encouraged. God cannot lie when he takes an oath or makes a promise. These two things can never be changed. Those of us who have taken refuge in him hold on to the confidence we have been given.

Joshua 20:3

Choose them so that anyone who unintentionally kills someone may run to them. They will be a place of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death.