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    Joshua · 9 verses

    Joshua 20

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    An accidental killer may leave the city of refuge only when the high priest serving at that time dies—a remarkably precise exit door, with the chapter leaving its hinge unexplained.

    A refuge with an unexpectedly long keyvv. 1–6

    The LORD tells Joshua to designate cities where someone who has killed another unintentionally may flee from the avenger of blood. At the gate, the fugitive states the case before the elders; they bring him in, give him a place to live, and refuse to surrender him if the killing was accidental and without prior malice. The arrangement then acquires its curious timetable: trial before the assembly, followed by the death of the high priest serving at that time. Only then may the manslayer return home. The chapter gives the timetable plainly and leaves its reason in the wings.

    Six cities, neatly distributedvv. 7–9

    Joshua and the Israelites set apart three cities on the western side: Kedesh in Galilee, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah. Beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, come Bezer, Ramoth in Gilead, and Golan in Bashan, each supplied from a named tribe. The final sentence gathers Israelites and foreigners alike under the same arrangement: an unintentional killer may flee there and live until standing trial before the assembly. It is a tidy list for a matter involving blood, flight, gates, elders, and a high priest's death.

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    1. Josh 20:1Then the LORD said to Joshua,

    2. Josh 20:2“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

    3. Josh 20:3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4. Josh 20:4When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

    5. Josh 20:5Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

    6. Josh 20:6He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

    7. Josh 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

    8. Josh 20:8And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

    9. Josh 20:9These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

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    • 9Numbers 35:15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
    • 2Deuteronomy 19:2–13then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
    • 6Numbers 35:12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
    • 7Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
    • 2Numbers 35:6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
    • 2Numbers 35:11–24designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
    • 2Deuteronomy 4:41–43Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
    • 71 Chronicles 6:76And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
    • 7Luke 1:39In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
    • 7Joshua 21:32And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
    • 4Jeremiah 38:7Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
    • 6Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
    • 81 Chronicles 6:78From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
    • 8Joshua 21:36From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
    • 2Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
    • 4Ruth 4:1–2Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

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