Joshua 20:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 20
Cities of Refuge. 1 (A)The Lord said to Joshua:[a] 2 Tell the Israelites: Designate for yourselves the cities of refuge of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 to which anyone guilty of inadvertent and unintentional homicide may flee for asylum from the avenger of blood.
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- 20:1–9 The laws concerning the cities of refuge are given in Nm 35:9–28; Dt 19:1–13; see notes on Nm 35:16–25; Dt 19:2.
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