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Joshua 20:9 KJV
Joshua · chapter 20 · verse 9 · King James Version
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.Joshua 20:9 · King James Version
Joshua 20:9 in context
7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9These 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- sojournethgûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- appointedmûwʻâdâhan appointed placeH4152 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- unawaresshᵉgâgâha mistake or inadvertent transgressionH7684 →
- killethnâkâhto strikeH5221 →
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