Joshua 20:4

New Century Version

“When the killer runs to one of those cities, he must stop at the entrance gate, stand there, and tell the leaders of the people what happened. Then that person will be allowed to enter the city and will be given a place to live among them.

Cross References

Job 29:7

I would go to the city gate and sit in the public square.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety and are crushed in court with no defense.

Psalm 26:9

Do not kill me with those sinners or take my life with those murderers.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city meetings, where he makes decisions as one of the leaders of the land.

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-Melech, a Cushite and a servant in the palace, heard that the officers had put Jeremiah into the well. As King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

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.