Joshua 2020JoshuaDividing the landUpdated Brenton English Septuagint

Updated Brenton English SeptuagintBerean Standard Bible

1. Six Cities of Refuge

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

2. 1ENGLXXUPAnd the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Joshua,
3. 2ENGLXXUPSpeak 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. 4ENGLXXUPEven 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: 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.
5. 7ENGLXXUPAnd Joshua separated Kadesh in Galilee in the Mount Naphtali, and Shechem in the Mount Ephraim, and the city of Arba; this is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.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. 8ENGLXXUPAnd beyond Jordan he appointed Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in the country of Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.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. 9ENGLXXUPThese 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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