Joshua 20:1
Then the Lord told Joshua
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
In Context
2to tell the Israelites to “Assign the towns of refuge of which I spoke to you by Moses,
Cross References
Joshua 6:2Then the Lord said to Joshua, “I am putting Jericho into your hands, with its king and all its fighting men.
Joshua 13:1When Joshua was old, well advanced in years, the Lord said to him, “You are old, well advanced in years, and yet much land still remains to be occupied.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:1
This short chapter is concerning the cities of refuge, which we often read of in the writings of Moses, but this is the last time that we find mention of them, for now that matter was thoroughly settled. Here is, I. The law God gave concerning them, ver. 1-6 . II. The people's designation of the particular cities for that use, ver. 7-9 . And this remedial law was a figure of good things to come. Read the whole commentary →