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Jesus 20

1 And the Lord spake to Jesus, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, [1]Assign the cities of [2]refuge, of which I spake to you by Moses. 3 Even a refuge to the slayer who hath smitten a [3]man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.

7 And [4]Jesus separated Cades in Galilee in the mount [5]Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

8 And beyond Jordan he [6]appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasses.

9 These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger [7]abiding among them, that every one who smiteth a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.

Notes

  1. 20:2 Assign: Gr. give ↩
  2. 20:2 refuge: Gr. refugees ↩
  3. 20:3 man: Gr. life or soul ↩
  4. 20:7 Jesus: Gr. he ↩
  5. 20:7 Nephthali: or, of Nephthali ↩
  6. 20:8 appointed: Gr. gave ↩
  7. 20:9 abiding among them: or, attached to them ↩