Joshua 20:7-9

7 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.
8 East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

Cross References 11

  • 1. S Joshua 12:22; Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:76
  • 2. S Genesis 12:6
  • 3. S Genesis 35:27
  • 4. S Joshua 10:36; Joshua 21:11
  • 5. Luke 1:39
  • 6. Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:78
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 6:80
  • 8. S Joshua 12:2
  • 9. S Joshua 12:5; 1 Chronicles 6:71
  • 10. S Leviticus 4:2
  • 11. S Exodus 21:13; Numbers 35:15
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