1 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, [of] which I spoke to you by Moses. 3 [Even] a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment. 7 And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda. 8 And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse. 9 These [were] the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.
Joshua · Brenton's English Septuagint
Joshua 20 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
There are no verses 4–6 in this translation; the other verses keep their usual numbers.
Cross references (5)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 13:1–7; Joshua 5:14; Joshua 7:10; Joshua 6:2
- 2 Deuteronomy 19:2–13; Numbers 35:6; Deuteronomy 4:41–43; Numbers 35:11–24; Romans 8:1
- 7 Joshua 21:11; 1 Chronicles 6:76; Joshua 21:32; Luke 1:39; Joshua 21:13
- 8 Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:78; Joshua 21:38; Joshua 21:27; 1 Kings 22:3–4
- 9 Numbers 35:15; Joshua 20:4; Joshua 20:6
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