Joshua 20

1And Jehovah spake unto JoshuaH3091, sayingH559, 2SpeakH1696 to the children of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, Assign you the citiesH5892 of refugeH4733, whereof I spake unto you by MosesH4872, 3that the manslayer that killeth any personH5315 unwittingly and unawares may fleeH5127 thither: and they shall beH1961 unto you for a refugeH4733 from the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818. 4And he shall fleeH5127 unto oneH259 of those citiesH5892, and shall standH5975 at the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 of the cityH5892, and declare his cause in the earsH241 of the eldersH2205 of that cityH5892; and they shall take him into the cityH5892 unto them, and giveH5414 him a placeH4725, that he may dwellH3427 among them. 5And if the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818 pursueH7291 after him, then they shall not deliverH5462 up the manslayer into his handH3027; because he smote his neighborH7453 unawares, and hatedH8130 him not beforetime. 6And he shall dwellH3427 in that cityH5892, until he standH5975 before the congregationH5712 for judgmentH4941, until the deathH4194 of the high priestH3548 that shall beH1961 in those daysH3117: thenH227 shall the manslayer returnH7725, and comeH935 unto his own cityH5892, and unto his own houseH1004, unto the cityH5892 from whence he fledH5127.

7And they setH6942 apartH6942 KedeshH6943 in GalileeH1551 in the hill-country of NaphtaliH5321, and ShechemH7927 in the hill-country of EphraimH669, and Kiriath-arbaH7153 (the same is HebronH2275) in the hill-country of JudahH3063. 8And beyond the JordanH3383 at JerichoH3405 eastward, they assigned BezerH1221 in the wildernessH4057 in 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. 9These wereH1961 the appointedH5975 citiesH5892 for all the children of IsraelH3478, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any personH5315 unwittingly might fleeH5127 thither, and not dieH4191 by the handH3027 of the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818, until he stoodH5975 before the congregationH5712.