1 The Lorde also spake vnto Iosua sayinge:
2 Speake to the children of Israel, and saye: Appointe out from amonge you cyties of refuge, wherof I spake vnto you by the hand of Moses,
3 that the slear that killetth any person vnwares and vnwittinglye, maye flee thether. And those cyties shalbe youre refuge from the auenger of bloud.
4 And he that doth flee vnto one of those cyties, shall stande at the entryng of the gate of the cytie, and shall shewe hys cause in the eares of the elders of the cytie. And they shall take him into the cytie vnto them, & geue hym a place, that he maye dwell amonge them.
5 And yf the auenger of bloude folowe after him, they shall not deliuer the slear into his hande: because he smote his frende ignorantlye, and hated hym not before tyme.
6 And he shall dwell in the sayde cytie vntill he stande before the congregation in Iudgement, and vntill the death of the hye preaste that shalbe in those dayes: for then shall the slear retourne, and come vnto his awne cytie, and vnto his awne house, and vnto the cytie from whence he fled.
7 And they sanctified kedes in Galile, in mount Nephthali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and kiriatharbe (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iuda.
8 And on the other syde Iordan ouer agaynst Iericho estwarde, they appointed Bozor in the wildernesse vpon the playne, out of the tribe of Ruben: & Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad: and Gosan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasses.
9 These were the cyties appoynted for all the children of Israell, and for the straunger that soiourned amonge them, that whosoeuer killed any person ignorantlye, the same might flee thether, & shulde not die by the hand of the auenger of bloude, vntill he stode before the congregacion.
Joshua 20 Cross References - Great
Joshua 5:14
14 And he sayde, Naye, but as a captayne of the hoste of the lord am I now come. And Iosua fell on his face to the erth, and dyd reuerence, & sayde vnto hym, what sayth my Lorde vnto hys seruaunt?
Joshua 6:2
2 And the Lord sayd vnto Iosua: beholde, I haue geuen into thyne hand Iericho and her kynge and the strong men of warre.
Joshua 7:10
10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosua, gett the vp, wherfore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?
Joshua 13:1-7
1 Iosua was olde, and strycken in yeares, and the Lorde sayde vnto hym: thou art olde and strycken in yeres,
2 and there remayneth yet excedynge moche lande to be possessed: This is the lande that yet remayneth: all the regyons of the Philistines: & all Gesuri:
3 from Nilus which is on the outwarde parte of Egipt, vnto the borders of Aeckron northward, which lande is counted vnto Cananye, euen fyue Lordshippes of the Philistines, the Asathites, Asdodith, Ascalonites, Gethites, Akaronites, & the Euites.
4 And from the south, all the lande of the Cananites, and the caue, that is besyde the Sidonians, euen vnto Aphek, and to the border of the Amorites.
5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Libanon toward the sonne risynge, from the playne of Gad vnder mount Hermon, vntyl a man come to Hemath:
6 all the enhabitoures of the hyll country, from Libanon vnto the whotte waters, and all the Sidonians, wyll I cast out from before the children of Israel: onely se that thou in any wyse deuyde it by lotte vnto the Israelites, to enheret, as I haue commaunded the.
7 Now therfore deuide thys land to enheret, vnto the nyne trybes & the halfe trybe of Manasses.
Exodus 21:13-14
Numbers 35:6
6 And from amonge the cyties whyche ye shall geue vnto the Leuytes, there shall be syxe cyties for refuge, which ye shall appointe to that intent, that he which kylleth, maye flye thyther. And to them ye shal adde .xlii. cyties mo:
Numbers 35:11-24
11 ye shall appoynte you cyties to be cyties of refuge for you: that he whych sleeth a soule vnwares, maye flye thyther.
12 And the cytie shalbe to flye from the auenger of bloude, that he whyche kylleth dye not, vntyll he stande before the congregacion in iudgement.
13 And of these syxe fre cyties whyche ye shall geue
14 ye shall gyue thre on thys syde Iordan, and thre in the lande of Canaan.
15 And these syxe fre cyties shalbe a refuge both for the chyldren of Israel, and for the straunger, and for hym that dwelleth amonge you: that all they which kill any persone vnwares, maye flye thyther.
16 And yf any man smyte another with an instrument of yron that he dye, then is he a murtherer, and shall dye for it.
17 If he smyte hym wyth a throwynge stone that a man maye dye with, and yf he dye, he that smote hym is a murtherer, let the same murtherer be slayne therfore.
18 Or yf he smyte him with a handweapon of wodde that a man maye dye with, then yf he dye, he is a murtherer: let the murtherer be slayne therfore.
19 The iustice of bloude shall slaye the murtherer: whan he meteth hym, he maye slaye hym.
20 But yf the thrust at hym of hate, or hourle at him with layinge of wayte, that he dye, or smyte hym with hys hande of enuye that he dye,
21 he that smote him shall dye, for he is a murtherer. The iustice of bloude shall slaye the murthurer, as soone as he findeth him.
22 But and yf he pusshed hym by chaunce and not of hate, or cast at him with any maner of thynge and not of layinge of wayte:
23 or cast any maner of stone at him (that a man maye dye with) and sawe hym not. And he cast it vpon hym and he dye, and was not hys enemye, nether sought him any harme.
24 Then the congregacyon shall iudge betwene the slayer and the executer of bloude in soche cases.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
41 Then Moses seuered thre cyties on the other syde Iordan towarde the sonne rysynge,
42 that he shulde flye thyther, which had kylled hys neyghboure vnwares, & hated hym not in tyme past, & therfore shulde flye vnto one of the same cyties, and lyue:
43 Namely, Bezer in the wyldernesse, euen in the playne contre of the trybe of Ruben: and Ramoth in Gilead of the trybe of Gad, and Golan in Basan of the trybe of Manasse.
Deuteronomy 19:2-13
2 thou shalt appoynte .iij. cyties for the in the myddes of the lande whych the Lorde thy God geueth the to possesse it:
3 thou shalt prepare the waye, and deuyde the coastes of thy lande, whych the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherete, into .iij. partes, that whosoeuer commytteth murther, maye flee thyther.
4 For thys cause must the slayer flye thyther, that he maye lyue.
5 Who so kylleth hys neyghboure ignorantly, and hated hym not in tyme passed: And when a man goeth vnto the wodd wt his neyghboure to hewe wood, and as his hande fetcheth a stroke wyth the axe do cut downe the tre, the heade slyppeth from the helue, and smyteth hys neyghboure that he dyeth: the same shall flye vnto one of the same cyties & lyue.
6 Lest the executer of bloude folowe after the slayer whyle hys herte is whote, and ouertake hym, because the wayes is longe, and slaye hym, and yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym, in as moche as he hated him not in tyme passed.
7 Wherfore I commaunde the, sayinge: thou shalt appoynte out .iij. cyties for the.
8 And yf the Lorde thy God enlarge thy coastes (as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers) and geue the all the lande whych he sayde he wold geue vnto thy fathers,
9 thou shalt kepe all these commaundmentes to do them, whych I commaunde the thys daye, that thou loue the Lorde thy God, and walke in his wayes euer, and adde .iij. cyties mo for the vnto those .iij.
10 that innocent bloude be not shed in thy lande, whych the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret, and so bloude come vpon the.
11 But and yf any man hate hys neyghboure, and laye awayte for hym, and ryse agaynst hym, and smyte him that he dye, and then flyeth vnto any of these cyties:
12 the elders of his cytie shall sende, and fetche him thence, and delyuer hym into the handes of the iustyce of bloude, that he maye dye.
13 Thyne eye shall not spare hym, but thou shalt put a waye innocent bloude, from Israel, that it maye go well wyth the.
Romans 8:1
1 Ther is then no damnacyon to them whych are in Chryst Iesu, whych walke not after the flesshe, but after the sprete.
Romans 8:33-34
Hebrews 6:18-19
18 that by two immutable thynges (in whych it was vnpossible that God shulde lye) we myght haue a stronge consolacyon, which hitherto haue fled, for to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,
19 whych hope we holde as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast, whych hope also entreth in, into those thinges which are with in the vayle,
Ruth 4:1-2
1 Then went Booz vnto the gate and satt him downe there: and beholde, the kynsman of which Booz spake, cam by. Unto whom, he sayde: come and sytte downe here, and called him by his name. And he turned in, and sate downe.
2 And he toke ten men of the elders of the citie, and sayd: sytye downe here. And they sat downe.
Job 5:4
4 Hys chyldren were without prosperite, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to delyuer them.
Job 29:7
7 when I wente thorowe the cytie vnto the gate, and when they set me a chayre in the strete:
Psalms 26:9
9 O shutt not vp my soule with the synners, ner my lyfe with the bloudthurstye.
Proverbs 31:23
23 Her husband is moch set by in the gates, when he sytteth amonge the rulers of the land.
Jeremiah 38:7
7 So Ieremy stack fast in the myre. Now when Abedmelech the Morian beynge a chamberlayne in the kynges courte, vnderstode, that they had cast Ieremy into the dongeon:
Hebrews 6:18
18 that by two immutable thynges (in whych it was vnpossible that God shulde lye) we myght haue a stronge consolacyon, which hitherto haue fled, for to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,
Numbers 35:12
12 And the cytie shalbe to flye from the auenger of bloude, that he whyche kylleth dye not, vntyll he stande before the congregacion in iudgement.
Numbers 35:25
25 And the congregacyon shall delyuer the slayer out of the hande of the auenger of bloude, and the congregacyon shall restore hym agayne vnto the cytie of hys refuge, whether he was fledd. And he shall byde there vnto the deathe of the hye preaste, which was anoynted with holy oyle.
Numbers 35:24-25
24 Then the congregacyon shall iudge betwene the slayer and the executer of bloude in soche cases.
25 And the congregacyon shall delyuer the slayer out of the hande of the auenger of bloude, and the congregacyon shall restore hym agayne vnto the cytie of hys refuge, whether he was fledd. And he shall byde there vnto the deathe of the hye preaste, which was anoynted with holy oyle.
Hebrews 9:26
26 for then must he haue often offered sence the worlde began. But now in the ende of the worlde, hath he appeared once, to put sinne to flight by the offerynge vp of him selfe.
Genesis 33:18-19
Joshua 14:15
15 And the name of Hebron was called in olde tyme, kariatharbe. For the same was a great man amonge the Enakims. And the lande ceased from warre.
Joshua 21:11
11 And they gaue them kariath Arbe of the father of Enack (which is Hebron) in the hyll contreye of Iuda, with the Suburbes of the same rounde about it.
Joshua 21:13
13 And thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the preast, a cyte, to the which the slayer might flye: euen Hebron with her Suburbes: Libna with her Suburbes:
Joshua 21:21
21 For they gaue them the cytie that the slear might flye vnto: Sichem with her Suburbes, in mount Ephraim: and Gazer with her Suburbes,
Joshua 21:32
32 And out of the trybe of Nephthali, the cytie for the slear to flye vnto: kedes in Galile with her Suburbes: & Hamothdor with her Suburbes: & Carthan with her Suburbes: thre cities.
1 Chronicles 6:76
76 Out of the trybe of Nephthali, Kedes in Galilea and her Suburbes, Hammon and her Suburbes, Kiriathaijm & her Suburbes.
2 Chronicles 10:1
1 And Rehoboam went to Sichem: for to Sichem were all Israell come together, to make hym kynge.
Luke 1:39
39 And Mary arose in those dayes, & went into the mountayns with haste into the cytie of Iewrie,
Deuteronomy 4:43
43 Namely, Bezer in the wyldernesse, euen in the playne contre of the trybe of Ruben: and Ramoth in Gilead of the trybe of Gad, and Golan in Basan of the trybe of Manasse.
Joshua 21:27
27 And vnto the children of Gerson which were of the kynredes of the Leuites, they gaue out of the other halfe trybe of Manasses, the cytie of refuge for the slear: Golan in Basan with her Suburbes: & Beestherah with her Suburbes: two cyties.
Joshua 21:36
36 And out of the trybe of Ruben, Bozor with her Suburbes: and Iahelah with her suburbes:
Joshua 21:38
38 And out of the trybe of Gad, they gaue the cytie for the slear to flye vnto: Ramoth in Gilead with her Suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,
1 Kings 22:3-4
3 And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto hys seruauntes, knowe ye not that Ramoth in Gilead is oures? and we syt stylle, and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Siria.
4 And he sayde vnto Iehosaphat: wilt thou come with me to batayle, agaynst Ramoth in Gilead? And Iehosaphat sayd vnto the kyng of Israel: I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thyne, and my horsses as thyne.
1 Kings 22:6
6 And then the king of Israel geathered the prophetes together upon a foure hundred men, and sayde vnto them: shall I go agaynst Ramoth in Gilead to batayle, or shall I let it alone? And they sayd, go vp: for the Lorde shall delyuer it into the handes of the kyng.
1 Chronicles 6:78
78 And on the other syde Iordan by Iericho, euen on the east syde of Iordan, were geuen them out of the trybe of Ruben: Bezer in the wyldernesse wyth her Suburbes: Iahzah with her Suburbes:
1 Chronicles 6:80
80 Out of the trybe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead wyth her Suburbes, Mahanaim wyth her Suburbes,
Numbers 35:15
15 And these syxe fre cyties shalbe a refuge both for the chyldren of Israel, and for the straunger, and for hym that dwelleth amonge you: that all they which kill any persone vnwares, maye flye thyther.
Joshua 20:4
4 And he that doth flee vnto one of those cyties, shall stande at the entryng of the gate of the cytie, and shall shewe hys cause in the eares of the elders of the cytie. And they shall take him into the cytie vnto them, & geue hym a place, that he maye dwell amonge them.
Joshua 20:6
6 And he shall dwell in the sayde cytie vntill he stande before the congregation in Iudgement, and vntill the death of the hye preaste that shalbe in those dayes: for then shall the slear retourne, and come vnto his awne cytie, and vnto his awne house, and vnto the cytie from whence he fled.