Joshua 20:5-6

5 'Now ¹if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand *.

6 'He shall dwell in that city ²until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return * to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.' "

Joshua 20:5-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 20

The contents of this chapter are the renewal of the order to appoint cities of refuge for such that commit manslaughter ignorantly, to flee unto, and have shelter in from the avenger of blood, Jos 20:1-6; and the execution of this order, Jos 20:7-9.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 35:12
• 2. Numbers 35:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "return and come"