Joshua 20:2
דַּבֵּר אֶל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר תְּנוּ לָכֶם אֶת ־ עָרֵי הַמִּקְלָט אֲשֶׁר ־ דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם בְּיַד ־ מֹשֶֽׁה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
1וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹֽר ׃
Cross References
Numbers 35:6וְאֵת הֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם אֵת שֵׁשׁ ־ עָרֵי הַמִּקְלָט אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לָנֻס שָׁמָּה הָרֹצֵחַ וַעֲלֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם עִֽיר ׃
Deuteronomy 4:41אָז יַבְדִּיל מֹשֶׁה שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרְחָה שָֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
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 →