Joshua 20:2-3
20:2 “Have the Israelites select
1 the cities of refuge
2 that I told you about through Moses.
20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;
3 these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 21:13
21:13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,
Joshua 21:21
21:21 They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
Joshua 21:38
21:38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,
Joshua 21:27
21:27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: 4 from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities;
Joshua 21:32
21:32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of three cities.
1 tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”
2 tn Or “asylum.”
3 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”
5 tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34).