Joshua 2020JoshuaDividing the landBritish English Septuagint 2012

British English Septuagint 2012Berean Standard Bible

1. Six Cities of Refuge

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

2. 1ENGUKLXXAnd the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Joshua,
3. 2ENGUKLXXSpeak 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. 3ENGUKLXXEven a refuge to the slayer who has struck 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 judgement.BSBBSB: so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
5. 4ENGUKLXXAnd 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: When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
6. 5ENGUKLXXAnd 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: Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
7. 6ENGUKLXXThese were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger dwelling amongst them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee there, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgement.BSBBSB: He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

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