Joshua 20:9

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the alien who was living in their midst, that any who had struck a life in error might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Cross References

Numbers 35:13

As to the cities which you shall give six shall be cities of refuge for you.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities shall be for a refuge to the sons of Israel, and to an alien, and to a sojourner in their midst, that may flee there any person who kills anyone unawares.

Joshua 20:4

And he shall flee to one of those cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall declare his matter in the ears of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city to themselves, and shall give him a place, and he shall live with them.

Joshua 20:6

And he shall live in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest who is in those days. Then the manslayer shall return and come to his city, and to his house, to the city from where he fled.

Joshua 20:8

And beyond the Jordan, at Jericho eastward, they gave Bezer in the wilderness, on the tableland out of the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.