1 And Jehovah will speak to Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Ye shall give to yourselves cities of refuge which I spake to you by the hand of Moses:
3 For the slayer smiting a soul in mistake and without knowledge, to flee there: and they shall be to you for refuge from the nearest kinsman of blood.
4 And he fled to one of these cities and stood at the door of the gate of the city, and spake in the ears of the old men of that city, his words, and they received him into the city to them, and they gave to him a place, and he dwelt with them.
5 And if the nearest relation of blood shall pursue after him, and they shall not deliver over the slayer into his hand; for without knowing he smote his friend, and he hated him not from yesterday the third day.
6 And he shall dwell in that city till his standing before the assembly for judgment, till the death of the great priest which shall be in those days: then the slayer shall turn back and come to his city and to his house, to the city which he fled from there.
7 And they will consecrate Kadesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and the city of Arba (this in Hebron) in mount Judah.
8 And from beyond Jordan of Jericho from the sunrising, they gave Bezer in the desert in the plain from the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth, in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These were cities of appointment for all the sons of Israel, and for the stranger sojourning in the midst of them, to flee there, every one smiting a soul in mistake: and he shall not die by the hand of the nearest relation of blood till his standing before the assembly.
Joshua 20 Cross References - JuliaSmith
Joshua 5:14
14 And he will say, No; but I chief of the army of Jehovah come now. And Joshua will fall on his face to the earth and will worship him, and will say to him, What speaks my lord to his servant?
Joshua 6:2
2 And Jehovah will say to Joshua, See, I gave into thy hand Jericho and her king, and the mighty ones of strength.
Joshua 7:10
10 And Jehovah will say to Joshua, Rise up; for thyself wherefore this didst thou fall upon thy face?
Joshua 13:1-7
1 And Joshua an old man going in days; and Jehovah will say to him, Thou wert old, going in days, and the land being left very great to possess it
2 This the land being left: all the circuit of Philisteim, and all Geshuri,
3 From Sihor, which is upon the face of Egypt, even to the bound of Ekron to the north, it will be reckoned to the Canaanite; five lords of Philisteim; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, and the Avites:
4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which is to the Sidonians, even to Aphek, even to the bound of the Amorite:
5 And the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon from the sunrising from lord Gad under mount Hermon, even to the entrance of Hamath.
6 All inhabiting the mountains from Lebanon to Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians, I will drive them out from before the sons of Israel: only separate it to Israel in inheritance as I commanded thee.
7 And now divide this land in inheritance to the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Exodus 21:13-14
Numbers 35:6
6 And the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, six cities of refuge, which ye shall give to flee there to the slayer: and upon them ye shall give forty and two
Numbers 35:11-24
11 And build ye to you cities; cities of refuge shall they be to you; and the slayer to flee there smiting a soul in error.
12 And they to you the cities for refuge from the nearest relative; and the slayer shall not die till his standing before the assembly for judgment,
13 And the cities which ye shall give, six cities of refuge shall be to you.
14 Three cities shall ye give from beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge shall they be.
15 For the sons of Israel and for the stranger, and for the sojourner in the midst of you shall be six cities: these for refuge to flee there all smiting a soul in error.
16 And if with an instrument of iron he smote him, the slayer shall die; the slayer he dying. shall die.
17 And if with a stone of the hand which he shall die by it he smote him, he the slayer shall die; dying, the slayer shall die.
18 Or with an instrument of wood of the hand, which he shall die by it he smote him, he the slayer shall die; dying, the slayer shall die.
19 The nearest relative of blood he shall kill the slayer: in his meeting him he shall kill him.
20 And if in hatred he thrust at him, or cast upon him, or in lying in wait, he shall die.
21 Or in enmity he smote with his hand, and he will die; dying, he smiting shall die; he is a slayer: the nearest relative of blood shall kill the slayer in his meeting him.
22 And if suddenly, not in enmity, he thrust him, or cast upon him any instrument in not lying in wait,
23 Or with any stone which he shall die by it in not seeing, and it will fall upon him and he shall die, and he not an enemy to him and not seeking his hurt:
24 And the assembly judged between him smiting, and between the nearest relation of blood according to these judgments:
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
41 Then Moses will separate three cities in the other side of Jordan from the rising of the sun;
42 For the slayer to flee there when he shall slay his friend without knowledge; and he hated him not yesterday the third day; and he fled to one of these cities and he lived:
43 Bezer in the desert, in the land of the plain to the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead to the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, to the Manassites.
Deuteronomy 19:2-13
2 Three cities shalt thou separate to thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee to possess it.
3 Thou shalt prepare to thee the way, and divide into three parts the boundary of thy land which Jehovah thy God causes thee to inherit; and it was for every slayer to flee there.
4 And this the word of the slayer which shall flee there, and he lived: whoever shall strike his friend, not knowing, and he hated him not from yesterday the third day;
5 And who shall go with his friend into the forest to cut wood, and his hand thrust out with the axe to out down the tree, and the iron slipped from the wood and found his friend, and he died; he shall flee to one of these cities, and he lived:
6 Lest the nearest relative of blood shall pursue after the slayer when his heart shall be warm, and overtaking him, for the way shall be great, and he smote him in soul; and to him not the judgment of death for he hated him not from yesterday the third day
7 For this I command thee, saying, Three cities thou shalt separate to thee.
8 And if Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy bound as he sware to thy fathers, and give to thee all the land which he spake to give to thy fathers;
9 If thou shalt watch all this command to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God and to go in his ways all the days; and thou shalt add to thee yet three cities upon these three.
10 And innocent blood shall not be poured out in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance, and bloods were upon thee.
11 And if there shall be a man hating his friend and lying in wait for him, and he rose up against him and smote him in soul, and he died, and he fled to one of these cities:
12 And the old men of his city sent and took him from there and gave him into the hand of the nearest relative of blood, and he died.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him and put away innocent blood from Israel, and it was well to thee.
Romans 8:1
1 Therefore now no condemnation to them in Christ Jesus, walking not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:33-34
Hebrews 6:18-19
Ruth 4:1-2
1 And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.
2 And he will take ten men from the old men of the citv, and he will say, Sit ye down here. And they will sit down.
Job 5:4
4 His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering.
Job 29:7
7 In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat
Psalms 26:9
9 Thou wilt not gather my soul with the sinning, and my life with men of bloods:
Proverbs 31:23
23 Her husband was known in the gates, in his sitting with the old men of the land.
Jeremiah 38:7
7 And the king's servant, the Cushite, a man, an eunuch, will hear, and he in the house of the king, that they gave Jeremiah to the pit; and the king sitting in the gate of Benjamin.
Hebrews 6:18
18 That by two unalterable deeds, in which it is impossible for God to deceive we might have a strong consolation, taking refuge in holding firmly the hope set before:
Numbers 35:12
12 And they to you the cities for refuge from the nearest relative; and the slayer shall not die till his standing before the assembly for judgment,
Numbers 35:25
25 And the assembly delivered the slayer out of the hand of the nearest relation of blood, and the assembly turned him back to the city of his refuge where he fled there: and he dwelt in it till the death of the great priest who anointed him with the holy oil.
Numbers 35:24-25
24 And the assembly judged between him smiting, and between the nearest relation of blood according to these judgments:
25 And the assembly delivered the slayer out of the hand of the nearest relation of blood, and the assembly turned him back to the city of his refuge where he fled there: and he dwelt in it till the death of the great priest who anointed him with the holy oil.
Hebrews 9:26
26 (Since he must have suffered many times from the foundation of the world:) but now once at the termination of the times for the annulling of sin by the sacrifice of himself has he been shown clearly.
Genesis 33:18-19
Joshua 14:15
15 And the name of Hebron before, the city of Arba; he the great man among the Anakims And the land rested from war.
Joshua 21:11
11 And they will give to them the fourth city, the father of Anak (it is Hebron) in mount Judah, and the area round about it
Joshua 21:13
13 And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge of the slayer, Hebron and its areas, and Libnah and her areas,
Joshua 21:21
21 And they will give to them the city of refuge of the slayer, Shechem and her area in mount Ephraim, and Gezer and her area,
Joshua 21:32
32 And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge of the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee and her area; Hamath-Dor and her area, and Kartan and her area: three cities.
1 Chronicles 6:76
76 And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kadesh in Galilee and her areas, and Hammon and her areas, and Kirjathaim and her areas.
2 Chronicles 10:1
1 And Rehoboam will go to Shechem: for to Shechem came all Israel to make him king.
Luke 1:39
39 And Mary having risen in those days, went into the mountainous country with haste, into a city of Judah;
Deuteronomy 4:43
43 Bezer in the desert, in the land of the plain to the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead to the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, to the Manassites.
Joshua 21:27
27 And to the sons of Gershon from the families of the Levites, from half the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge of the slayer, Golan in Bashan and her area, and Beeshterah and her area: two cities.
Joshua 21:36
36 Omitted
Joshua 21:38
38 And from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge of the slayer, Ramath in Gilead and her area; and Mahanaim and her area,
1 Kings 22:3-4
3 And the king of Israel will say to his servants, Ye knew that to us Ramoth-Gilead, and we being inactive taking it from the hand of the king ofAram.
4 And he will say to Jehoshaphat, Go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead. And Jehoshaphat will say to the king of Israel, As me, as thee; as my people, as thy people; as my horses, as thy horses.
1 Kings 22:6
6 And the king of Israel will gather together the prophets, about four hundred men, and he will say to them. Shall I go to Ramoth-Gilead to war, or shall I desist? and they will say, Go up; and Jehovah will give into the hand of the king.
1 Chronicles 6:78
78 And from beyond Jordan of Jericho to the sunrising of Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the desert and her areas, and Jahzah and her areas,
1 Chronicles 6:80
80 And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and her areas, and Mahanaim and her areas.
Numbers 35:15
15 For the sons of Israel and for the stranger, and for the sojourner in the midst of you shall be six cities: these for refuge to flee there all smiting a soul in error.
Joshua 20:4
4 And he fled to one of these cities and stood at the door of the gate of the city, and spake in the ears of the old men of that city, his words, and they received him into the city to them, and they gave to him a place, and he dwelt with them.
Joshua 20:6
6 And he shall dwell in that city till his standing before the assembly for judgment, till the death of the great priest which shall be in those days: then the slayer shall turn back and come to his city and to his house, to the city which he fled from there.