Joshua 20:2

New Century Version

“Tell the Israelites to choose the special cities of safety, as I had Moses command you to do.

Cross References

Numbers 35:6

“Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of safety. A person who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities for safety. You must also give forty-two other cities to the Levites;

Romans 8:1

So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty.

Joshua 20:1

Then the Lord said to Joshua:

Joshua 20:3

If a person kills someone accidentally and without meaning to kill him, that person may go to a city of safety to hide. There the killer will be safe from the relative who has the duty of punishing a murderer.