Joshua 20:3

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so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

Then she said, “Please, may the king keep the Lord your God in mind, so that the avenger of blood may kill no more, and my son not be destroyed.” He said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

Leviticus 4:2

Speak to the people of Israel, saying: When anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them:

Numbers 35:12

The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood is the one who shall put the murderer to death; when they meet, the avenger of blood shall execute the sentence.

Numbers 35:22

But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Joshua 20:2

“Say to the Israelites, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

Joshua 20:4

The slayer shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and explain the case to the elders of that city; then the fugitive shall be taken into the city, and given a place, and shall remain with them.