Joshua 20:9

New Messianic Version Bible

These were the cities appointed for all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whosoever kills [any] person at unawares might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Cross References

Numbers 35:15

These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that kills any person unawares may flee there.

Joshua 20:6

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, [and] until the death of the High Priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from what place he fled.

Joshua 20:4

And when he that does flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Numbers 35:13

And of these cities which you2f shall give six cities shall you2f have for refuge.

Joshua 20:8

And on the other side Yarden [Descender] by Yericho [Its Moon] eastward, they assigned Betzer [Remote Fortress] in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Re’uven [Behold a Son], and Ramot [Heights] in Gil’ad [Rocky Region] out of the tribe of Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort], and Golan [Their Captivity] in Bashan [Fruitful] out of the tribe of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget].