Joshua 20:4

Tree of Life Version

When one flees to one of those cities, he must stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city. Then they are to take him into their city and give him a place to live among them.

Cross References

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate, and secured my seat in the public square,

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, and crushed at the gate without a deliverer!

Psalm 26:9

Do not take my soul away with sinners, nor my life with people of bloodshed—

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is respected at the city gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech—an Ethiopian official in the king’s palace—heard they had put Jeremiah in the pit. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,

Hebrews 6:18

So by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Joshua 20:3

So the manslayer who kills any person by mistake and without premeditation may flee there. They will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.