Joshua 20:9
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
KJV
Hæ civitates constitutæ sunt cunctis filiis Israël, et advenis qui habitabant inter eos, ut fugeret ad eas qui animam nescius percussisset, et non moreretur in manu proximi, effusum sanguinem vindicare cupientis, donec staret ante populum expositurus causam suam.
Vulgate
αὗται αἱ πόλεις αἱ ἐπίκλητοι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῷ προσηλύτῳ τῷ προσκειμένῳ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καταφυγεῖν ἐκεῖ παντὶ παίοντι ψυχὴν ἀκουσίως, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃ ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ αἷμα, ἕως ἂν καταστῇ ἔναντι τῆς συναγωγῆς εἰς κρίσιν.
LXX
These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
ASV
אֵ֣לֶּה הָיוּ֩ עָרֵ֨י הַ/מּֽוּעָדָ֜ה לְ/כֹ֣ל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְ/לַ/גֵּר֙ הַ/גָּ֣ר בְּ/תוֹכָ֔/ם לָ/נ֣וּס שָׁ֔מָּ/ה כָּל מַכֵּה נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֑ה וְ/לֹ֣א יָמ֗וּת בְּ/יַד֙ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַ/דָּ֔ם עַד עָמְד֖/וֹ לִ/פְנֵ֥י הָ/עֵדָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Num 35:12 — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
- Num 35:15 — These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.