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Joshua 20:5-7
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5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.[a] 6 He must remain[b] in that city until his case is decided by the assembly,[c] and the high priest dies.[d] Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.”[e]

7 So they selected[f] Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 20:5 tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”
  2. Joshua 20:6 tn Or “live.”
  3. Joshua 20:6 tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”
  4. Joshua 20:6 tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”
  5. Joshua 20:6 tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”
  6. Joshua 20:7 tn Heb “set apart.”
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