Joshua 20:4

Modern English Version

“ ‘The refugee can flee to one of these cities then stand at the entrance of the city gate and tell his case to the city elders. They will take him into the city and give him a place to stay, and he will live with them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melek the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin.

Hebrews 6:18

So that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the city gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Psalm 26:9

Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with murderers,

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,

Job 5:4

May his children be far from safety, and may they be crushed in the gate without a deliverer;

Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who kills a person without intent and unknowingly may flee there. They shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.