Joshua 20:4

New Living Translation

“Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the death will appear before the elders at the city gate and present his case. They must allow him to enter the city and give him a place to live among them.

Cross References

Job 29:7

“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.

Job 5:4

Their children are abandoned far from help; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.

Psalm 26:9

Don’t let me suffer the fate of sinners. Don’t condemn me along with murderers.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

Hebrews 6:18

So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

Joshua 20:3

Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.