Joshua 20:3

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

that whoever slayeth unwittingly a man, flee to those cities; that when he hath fled to one of those cities, he may escape the ire [or wrath] of the neighbour, which is avenger of blood.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

And she said, The king have mind on his Lord God, and the next kins-men of blood to take vengeance be not multiplied, and they shall not slay my son. And the king said, The Lord liveth, for none of the hairs of thy son shall fall upon the earth.

Leviticus 4:2

Speak thou to the sons of Israel, When a soul, that is, a man, hath done sin by ignorance, and hath done anything of all the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded that those [or they] shall not be done, thou shalt follow these ordinances;

Numbers 35:12

In which cities when the fleer hath fled, the kinsman of him that is slain, shall not be able to slay him, till he stand in the sight of the multitude, and the cause of him be deemed.

Numbers 35:19

The nigh kinsman of him that is slain shall slay the manslayer; anon as he taketh the manslayer, he shall slay him.

Numbers 35:22

That if by sudden case, and with-out hatred and enmities, a man doeth anything of these;

Hebrews 6:18

that by two things unmoveable, by which it is impossible that God lie, we have strongest solace, [or comfort], we that flee together to hold the hope that is put forth to us.

Joshua 20:2

Speak thou to the sons of Israel, and say thou to them, Separate ye the cities of fugitives, either of men exiled for unwillful shedding of blood, of which cities I spake to you by the hand of Moses,

Joshua 20:4

And he shall stand before the gates of the city, and he shall speak to the elder men of that city those things that shall prove him innocent; and so they shall receive him, and they shall give to him a place to dwell in.