Joshua 20:1
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Cities of Refuge. Since the Lord had commanded, Numbers 35, that cities of refuge should be chosen in various parts of the country, this matter was next attended to.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses, Exodus 21:13; Numbers 35:6; Deuteronomy 19:2,... [ Continue Reading ]
that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly, without malice, without evil intention, MAY FLEE THITHER; AND THEY SHALL BE YOUR REFUGE FROM THE AVENGER OF BLOOD, as had been provided for in detail by the precepts governing such cases.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, when begging for admission to the safety of its sacred precincts, AND SHALL DECLARE HIS CAUSE IN THE EARS OF THE ELDERS OF THAT CITY, THEY SHALL TAKE HIM INTO THE CITY UNTO THEM, the preliminary... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the avenger of blood, the relative upon whom the duty of requiring an atonement devolved, PURSUE AFTER HIM, THEN THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THE SLAYER UP INTO HIS HAND, BECAUSE HE SMOTE HIS NEIGHBOR UNWITTINGLY, AND HATED HIM NOT BEFORETIME, the slaying thus evidently being an accident.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall dwell in that city until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. "He might not be delivered to th... [ Continue Reading ]
And they, in accordance with this express order of the Lord, APPOINTED KEDESH IN GALILEE IN MOUNT NAPHTALI, in the extreme northern part of Canaan, AND SHECHEM IN MOUNT EPHRAIM, in the approximate center, AND KIRJATH-ARBA, WHICH IS HEBRON, IN THE MOUNTAIN OF JUDAH, in the southern part of the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the other side Jordan, by Jericho eastward, in the territory of the two and one half tribes, THEY ASSIGNED BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS UPON THE PLAIN OUT OF THE TRIBE OF REUBEN, in the south, and RAMOTH IN GILEAD, OUT OF THE TRIBE OF GAD, in the center, AND GOLAN IN BASHAN OUT OF THE TRIBE OF MAN... [ Continue Reading ]
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, literally, "the cities of appointment," 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 CONGRE... [ Continue Reading ]