<vn='1'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> also <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1696">Speak</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5414">Appoint</s> out for you <sn="*853"></s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="4733">refuge</s>, <sn="834">whereof</s> I <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> you by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>That the <sn="7523">slayer</s> that <sn="5221">killeth</s> any <sn="5315">person</s><sn="7684">unawares</s> and <sn="1097 1847">unwittingly</s> may <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>: and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> your <sn="4733">refuge</s> from the <sn="4480 1350">avenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And when he that doth <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="259">one</s> of <sn="428">those</s><sn="4480 5892">cities</s> shall <sn="5975">stand</s> at the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and shall <sn="1696">declare</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">cause</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s>, they shall <sn="622">take</s> him into the <sn="5892">city</s> unto them, and <sn="5414 413">give</s> him a <sn="4725">place</s>, that he may <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="5973">among</s> them. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3588">if</s> the <sn="1350">avenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s> him, then they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5462">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7523">slayer</s> up into his <sn="3027">hand</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s><sn="1097 1847">unwittingly</s>, and <sn="8130">hated</s> him <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8543 8032">formerly</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he shall <sn="3427">dwell</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s> for <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s><sn="834">that</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>: <sn="227">then</s> shall the <sn="7523">slayer</s><sn="7725">return</s>, and <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> his own <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s> his own <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> from <sn="834 4480 8033">whence</s> he <sn="5127">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And they <sn="6942">appointed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6943">Kedesh</s> in <sn="1551">Galilee</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="5321">Naphtali</s>, and <sn="7927">Shechem</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="7153">Kirjath</s> -arba, <sn="1931">which</s> is <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, in the <sn="2022">mountain</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And on the other <sn="4480 5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> by <sn="3405">Jericho</s><sn="4217">eastward</s>, they <sn="5414">assigned</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1221">Bezer</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> upon the <sn="4334">plain</s> out of the <sn="4480 4294">tribe</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s>, and <sn="7216">Ramoth</s> in <sn="1568">Gilead</s> out of the <sn="4480 4294">tribe</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, and <sn="1474">Golan</s> in <sn="1316">Bashan</s> out of the <sn="4480 4294">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="428">These</s><sn="1961">were</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="4152">appointed</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and for the <sn="1616">stranger</s> that <sn="1481">sojourneth</s><sn="8432">among</s> them, that <sn="3605">whosoever</s><sn="5221">killeth</s> any <sn="5315">person</s> at <sn="7684">unawares</s> might <sn="5127">flee</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="1350">avenger</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s>. </v>