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Joshua 20:4
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2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: a‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,  
3 that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and1 declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.  
5 aThen if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, but did not hate him beforehand.  
6 And he shall dwell in that city auntil he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’ ”  
7 So they appointed aKedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, bShechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and cKirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in dthe mountains of Judah.  
8 And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned aBezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, bRamoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and cGolan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Joshua 20:4

he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city—It was the place of public resort, and on arriving there he related his tale of distress to the elders, who were bound to give him shelter and the means of support, until the local authorities (Joshua 20:6), having carefully investigated the case, should have pronounced the decision. If found guilty, the manslayer was surrendered to the blood-avenger; if extenuating circumstances appeared, he was to remain in the city of refuge, where he would be safe from the vindictive feelings of his pursuers; but he forfeited the privilege of immunity the moment he ventured beyond the walls.




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