Joshua 20:4 “When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of t…”

Joshua 20:4

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them.

Darby Translation

And he shall flee unto one of those cities and stand at the entrance of the city-gate, and shall declare his matter 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.

Young's Literal Translation

'When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.

Bible in Basic English

And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

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Cross references

“at the entering”

Jeremiah 38:7 Job 5:4 Job 29:7 Proverbs 31:23 Ruth 4:1 Ruth 4:2

Jeremiah 38:7 · BSB

Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Job 5:4 · BSB

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 29:7 · BSB

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Proverbs 31:23 · BSB

Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.

Ruth 4:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Ruth 4:2 · BSB

Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

“take”

Psalm 26:9

Psalm 26:9 · BSB

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

“that he may”

Hebrews 6:18

Hebrews 6:18 · BSB

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

5Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

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