Joshua 20:3

The Scriptures 1998

for the slayer who kills any being accidentally, unintentionally, to flee there. And they shall be your refuge from the revenger of blood.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

And she said, “Please let the sovereign remember יהוה  your Elohim, and the redeemer of blood not destroy any more, lest they destroy my son.” And he said, “As יהוה  lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

Leviticus 4:2

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 35:12

‘And they shall be cities of refuge for you from the revenger, and the one who killed someone is not to die until he stands before the congregation in right-ruling.

Numbers 35:19

‘The revenger of blood himself puts the murderer to death. When he meets him, he puts him to death.

Numbers 35:22

‘But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws an object at him without lying in wait,

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable matters in which it is impossible for Elohim to lie, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the expectation set before us,

Joshua 20:2

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 20:4

‘And he shall flee to one of those cities, and stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the hearing of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, and he shall dwell among them.