Joshua 20:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
A Conservative Version
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In Context
1And LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 35:6And of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, there shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee to. And besides them ye shall give forty-two cities.
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,
Romans 8:1Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.
Hebrews 6:18So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:2-7
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that… Read the whole commentary →