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and they shall <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>receive<MH622> him into the city<MH5892b> to them and give<MH5414> him a place<MH4725>, so that he may remain<MH3427> among<MH5973> them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now if<MH3588> the avenger<MH1350> of blood<MH1818> pursues<MH7291> him, then they are not to hand<MH5462, 3027> the one who committed<MH7523> manslaughter<MH7523> over<MH5462> to him, since<MH3588> he struck<MH5221> his neighbor<MH7453> without<MH1097> premeditation<MH1847> and did not hate<MH8130> him previously<MH4480, 8543, 8032a>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he shall remain<MH3427> in that city<MH5892b> until<MH5704> he stands<MH5975> before<MH6440> the congregation<MH5712> for judgment<MH4941>, until<MH5704> the death<MH4194> of the one who<MH834> is high<MH1419> priest<MH3548> in those<MH1992a> days<MH3117>. Then<MH227> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>he shall <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>return<MH7725, 935> to his own city<MH5892b> and to his own house<MH1004>, to the city<MH5892b> from which<MH834> he fled<MH5127>.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>set<MH6942> apart<MH6942> Kedesh<MH6943> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>Galilee<MH1551> in the hill<MH2022> country<MH2022> of Naphtali<MH5321>, and Shechem<MH7927> in the hill<MH2022> country<MH2022> of Ephraim<MH669>, and Kiriath-arba<MH7153> (that is, Hebron<MH2275a>) in the hill<MH2022> country<MH2022> of Judah<MH3063>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And beyond<MH4480> the Jordan<MH3383> east<MH4217> of Jericho<MH3405>, they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>designated<MH5414> Bezer<MH1221> in the wilderness<MH4057b> on the plain<MH4334> from the tribe<MH4294> of Reuben<MH7205>, and Ramoth<MH7216> in Gilead<MH1568> from the tribe<MH4294> of Gad<MH1410>, and Golan<MH1474> in Bashan<MH1316> from the tribe<MH4294> of Manasseh<MH4519>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>These<MH428> were the designated<MH4152> cities<MH5892b> for all<MH3605> the sons<MH1121> of Israel<MH3478> and for the stranger<MH1616> who resides<MH1481a> among<MH8432> them, so that whoever<MH3605> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>kills<MH5221> a person<MH5315> unintentionally<MH7684> may flee<MH5127> there<MH8033>, and not die<MH4191> by the hand<MH3027> of the avenger<MH1350> of blood<MH1818> until<MH5704> he stands<MH5975> before<MH6440> the congregation<MH5712>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>Give for yourselves</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>by the hand of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>striking</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>ears of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>gather</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>the one who committed manslaughter</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>return and come</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>sanctified</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Heb <i>Galil</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>gave</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>strikes</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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