Joshua 20:4
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
KJV
cum ad unam harum confugerit civitatum, stabit ante portam civitatis, et loquetur senioribus urbis illius ea quæ se comprobent innocentem : sicque suscipient eum, et dabunt ei locum ad habitandum.
Vulgate
And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
ASV
וְ/נָ֞ס אֶל אַחַ֣ת מֵ/הֶ/עָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה וְ/עָמַד֙ פֶּ֚תַח שַׁ֣עַר הָ/עִ֔יר וְ/דִבֶּ֛ר בְּ/אָזְנֵ֛י זִקְנֵ֥י הָ/עִֽיר הַ/הִ֖יא אֶת דְּבָרָ֑י/ו וְ/אָסְפ֨וּ אֹת֤/וֹ הָ/עִ֨ירָ/ה֙ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם וְ/נָתְנוּ ל֥/וֹ מָק֖וֹם וְ/יָשַׁ֥ב עִמָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 38:7 — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
- Ruth 4:1 — Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat d