Joshua 20:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:”
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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“Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.”
“And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.”
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;”
“Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.”
“Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;”