Joshua 20:9 - Y'all Version Bible

⁹ These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands trial before the congregation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ These cities were for all the Israelites and the stranger sojourning among them, that whoever killed a person unintentionally might flee there and not be slain by the avenger of blood until he had been tried before the congregation.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Common English Bible

⁹ These cities were the ones designated for all the Israelites and for immigrants residing among them. Anyone who struck down a person by mistake could flee there and escape death at the hand of some member of the victim’s family seeking revenge, until there could be a trial before the community.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause.

Joshua 20:9 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 35:13

The six cities y’all give will be cities of refuge for y’all.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will be refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreigner living among them, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

Joshua 20:4

When someone flee to one of those cities, they are to stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and declare their case in the ears of the elders of that city. They are to take him into the city with them, and give him a place, so that the he may live among them.

Joshua 20:6

He is to dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest serving in those days. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.’”

Joshua 20:8

Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.