Joshua 20:3

New English Translation

Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

She replied, “In that case, let the king invoke the name of the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them –

Numbers 35:12

And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

Numbers 35:22

“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

Hebrews 6:18

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

Joshua 20:2

“Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses.

Joshua 20:4

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.