Joshua 2020JoshuaDividing the landBrenton Septuagint

Brenton SeptuagintBerean Standard Bible

1. Six Cities of Refuge

   (Numbers 35:9–34; Deuteronomy 4:41–43; Deuteronomy 19:1–14)

2. 1BrentonAnd the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Joshua,
3. 2BrentonSpeak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses.BSBBSB: “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
4. 3BrentonEven a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a 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.BSBBSB: so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
5. 7BrentonAnd Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.BSBBSB: So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
6. 8BrentonAnd beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.BSBBSB: And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
7. 9BrentonThese were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites 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.BSBBSB: These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

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