Joshua 20:6

וְיָשַׁב ׀ בָּעִיר הַהִיא עַד ־ עָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי הָֽעֵדָה לַמִּשְׁפָּט עַד ־ מוֹת הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אָז ׀ יָשׁוּב הָרוֹצֵחַ וּבָא אֶל ־ עִירוֹ וְאֶל ־ בֵּיתוֹ אֶל ־ הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר ־ נָס מִשָּֽׁם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

In Context

5וְכִי יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַֽחֲרָיו וְלֹֽא ־ יַסְגִּרוּ אֶת ־ הָרֹצֵחַ בְּיָדוֹ כִּי בִבְלִי ־ דַעַת הִכָּה אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ וְלֹֽא ־ שֹׂנֵא הוּא לוֹ מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם ׃

7וַיַּקְדִּשׁוּ אֶת ־ קֶדֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל בְּהַר נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת ־ שְׁכֶם בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם וְאֶת ־ קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן בְּהַר יְהוּדָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 35:24וְשָֽׁפְטוּ הָֽעֵדָה בֵּין הַמַּכֶּה וּבֵין גֹּאֵל הַדָּם עַל הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵֽלֶּה ׃

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 →

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