Joshua 20:2
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,—Set out for you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you, by the hand of Moses:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Yahweh spake unto Joshua, saying:
Cross References
Numbers 35:6And, among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give that the manslayer may flee thither,—and besides them, ye shall give, forty-two cities,
Deuteronomy 4:41Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan,—towards the rising of the sun:
Romans 8:1Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 6:18In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,
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 →