Josué 20

1And Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 unto Joshua^H3091, saying^H559, 2Speak^H1696 to the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, saying^H559, Assign you^H5414 the cities^H5892 of refuge^H4733, whereof I spake^H1696 unto you by^H3027 Moses^H4872, 3that the manslayer^H7523 that killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 unwittingly^H7684 and unawares^H7684 may flee^H5127 thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge^H4733 from the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818. 4And he shall flee^H5127 unto one^H259 of those cities^H5892, and shall stand^H5975 at the entrance^H6607 of the gate^H8179 of the city^H5892, and declare^H1696 his cause^H1697 in the ears^H241 of the elders^H2205 of that city^H5892; and they shall take^H622 him into the city^H5892 unto them, and give^H5414 him a place^H4725, that he may dwell^H3427 among them. 5And if the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 pursue^H7291 after^H310 him, then they shall not deliver^H5462 up the manslayer^H7523 into his hand^H3027; because he smote^H5221 his neighbor^H7453 unawares^H1097, and hated^H8130 him not beforetime^H8543. 6And he shall dwell^H3427 in that city^H5892, until he stand^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation^H5712 for judgment^H4941, until the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest^H3548 that^H834 shall be in those days^H3117: then shall the manslayer^H7523 return^H7725, and come^H935 unto his own city^H5892, and unto his own house^H1004, unto the city^H5892 from whence he fled^H5127. 7And they set apart^H6942 Kedesh^H6943 in Galilee^H1551 in the hill-country^H2022 of Naphtali^H5321, and Shechem^H7927 in the hill-country^H2022 of Ephraim^H669, and Kiriath-arba^H7153 (the same is Hebron^H2275) in the hill-country^H2022 of Judah^H3063. 8And beyond^H5676 the Jordan^H3383 at Jericho^H3405 eastward^H4217, they assigned^H5414 Bezer^H1221 in the wilderness^H4057 in the plain^H4334 out of the tribe^H4294 of Reuben^H7205, and Ramoth^H7216 in Gilead^H1568 out of the tribe^H4294 of Gad^H1410, and Golan^H1474 in Bashan^H1316 out of the tribe^H4294 of Manasseh^H4519. 9These were the appointed^H4152 cities^H5892 for all the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, and for the stranger^H1616 that sojourneth^H1481 among^H8432 them, that whosoever killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 unwittingly^H7684 might flee^H5127 thither, and not die^H4191 by the hand^H3027 of the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818, until he stood^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation^H5712.