Josh 20
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And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Gr. give Assign the cities Gr. refugees of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses.
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Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a Gr. life or soul 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.
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And Gr. he Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Or, of Nephthali Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and
the city of Arboc; this is Chebron,
in the mountain of Juda.
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And beyond Jordan he Gr. gave 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.
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These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger Or, attached to them abiding among 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.