Joshua 20:4

New King James Version

And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Hebrews 6:18

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

Proverbs 31:23

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

Psalm 26:9

Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Joshua 20:3

that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.