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Joshua 20:1-3
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Israel Designates Cities of Refuge

20 The Lord instructed Joshua: 2 “Have the Israelites select[a] the cities of refuge[b] that I told you about through Moses. 3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;[c] these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

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  1. Joshua 20:2 tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”
  2. Joshua 20:2 tn Or “asylum.”
  3. Joshua 20:3 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”
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