Joshua 20:2-4 New English Translation
2 “Have the Israelites select[a] the cities of refuge[b] that I told you about through Moses. 3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;[c] these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. 4 The one who committed manslaughter[d] should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city.[e] They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.[f]
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- Joshua 20:2 tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”
- Joshua 20:2 tn Or “asylum.”
- Joshua 20:3 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”
- Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the one who accidentally kills another, cf. v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “and speak into the ears of the elders of that city his words.”
- Joshua 20:4 tn Heb “and they should gather him into the city to themselves, give to him a place, and he will live with them.”
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