1 The LORD 3068 also spake 1696 unto Joshua 3091, saying 559,
2 Speak 1696 to the children 1121 of Israel 3478, saying 559, Appoint out 5414 for you cities 5892 of refuge 4733, whereof I spake 1696 unto you by the hand 3027 of Moses 4872:
3 That the slayer 7523 that killeth 5221 any person 5315 unawares 7684 and unwittingly 1847 may flee 5127 thither: and they shall be your refuge 4733 from the avenger 1350 of blood 1818.
4 And when he that doth flee 5127 unto one 259 of those cities 5892 shall stand 5975 at the entering 6607 of the gate 8179 of the city 5892, and shall declare 1696 his cause 1697 in the ears 241 of the elders 2205 of that city 5892, they shall take 622 him into the city 5892 unto them, and give 5414 him a place 4725, that he may dwell 3427 among them.
5 And if the avenger 1350 of blood 1818 pursue 7291 after 310 him, then they shall not deliver 5462 the slayer 7523 up into his hand 3027; because he smote 5221 his neighbour 7453 unwittingly 1097 1847, and hated 8130 him not beforetime 8543 8032.
6 And he shall dwell 3427 in that city 5892, until he stand 5975 before 6440 the congregation 5712 for judgment 4941, and until the death 4194 of the high 1419 priest 3548 that 834 shall be in those days 3117: then shall the slayer 7523 return 7725, and come 935 unto his own city 5892, and unto his own house 1004, unto the city 5892 from whence he fled 5127.
7 And they appointed 6942 Kedesh 6943 in Galilee 1551 in mount 2022 Naphtali 5321, and Shechem 7927 in mount 2022 Ephraim 669, and Kirjatharba 7153, which is Hebron 2275, in the mountain 2022 of Judah 3063.
8 And on the other side 5676 Jordan 3383 by Jericho 3405 eastward 4217, they assigned 5414 Bezer 1221 in the wilderness 4057 upon the plain 4334 out of the tribe 4294 of Reuben 7205, and Ramoth 7216 in Gilead 1568 out of the tribe 4294 of Gad 1410, and Golan 1474 in Bashan 1316 out of the tribe 4294 of Manasseh 4519.
9 These were the cities 5892 appointed 4152 for all the children 1121 of Israel 3478, and for the stranger 1616 that sojourneth 1481 among 8432 them, that whosoever killeth 5221 any person 5315 at unawares 7684 might flee 5127 thither, and not die 4191 by the hand 3027 of the avenger 1350 of blood 1818, until he stood 5975 before 6440 the congregation 5712.