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Joshua 20

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The LORDh3068 also spakeh1696h8762 unto Joshuah3091, sayingh559h8800,

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Speakh1696h8761 to the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478, sayingh559h8800, Appoint outh5414h8798 for you citiesh5892 of refugeh4733, whereof I spakeh1696h8765 unto you by the handh3027 of Mosesh4872:

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That the slayerh7523h8802 that killethh5221h8688 any personh5315 unawaresh7684 and unwittinglyh1847 may fleeh5127h8800 thither: and they shall be your refugeh4733 from the avengerh1350h8802 of bloodh1818.

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And when he that doth fleeh5127h8804 unto oneh259 of those citiesh5892 shall standh5975h8804 at the enteringh6607 of the gateh8179 of the cityh5892, and shall declareh1696h8765 his causeh1697 in the earsh241 of the eldersh2205 of that cityh5892, they shall takeh622h8804 him into the cityh5892 unto them, and giveh5414h8804 him a placeh4725, that he may dwellh3427h8804 among them.

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And if the avengerh1350h8802 of bloodh1818 pursueh7291h8799 afterh310 him, then they shall not deliverh5462h8686 the slayerh7523h8802 up into his handh3027; because he smoteh5221h8689 his neighbourh7453 unwittinglyh1097h1847, and hatedh8130h8802 him not beforetimeh8543h8032.

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And he shall dwellh3427h8804 in that cityh5892, until he standh5975h8800 beforeh6440 the congregationh5712 for judgmenth4941, and until the deathh4194 of the highh1419 priesth3548 thath834 shall be in those daysh3117: then shall the slayerh7523h8802 returnh7725h8799, and comeh935h8804 unto his own cityh5892, and unto his own househ1004, unto the cityh5892 from whence he fledh5127h8804.

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And they appointedh6942h8686 Kedeshh6943 in Galileeh1551 in mounth2022 Naphtalih5321, and Shechemh7927 in mounth2022 Ephraimh669, and Kirjatharbah7153, which is Hebronh2275, in the mountainh2022 of Judahh3063. appointed: Heb. sanctified

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And on the other sideh5676 Jordanh3383 by Jerichoh3405 eastwardh4217, they assignedh5414h8804 Bezerh1221 in the wildernessh4057 upon the plainh4334 out of the tribeh4294 of Reubenh7205, and Ramothh7216 in Gileadh1568 out of the tribeh4294 of Gadh1410, and Golanh1474 in Bashanh1316 out of the tribeh4294 of Manassehh4519.

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These were the citiesh5892 appointedh4152 for all the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478, and for the strangerh1616 that sojournethh1481h8802 amongh8432 them, that whosoever killethh5221h8688 any personh5315 at unawaresh7684 might fleeh5127h8800 thither, and not dieh4191h8799 by the handh3027 of the avengerh1350h8802 of bloodh1818, until he stoodh5975h8800 beforeh6440 the congregationh5712.



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