Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge.

20:1 ¶ The LORD 3068 also spake 1696 z8762 unto x413 Joshua, 3091 saying, 559 z8800

20:2 Speak 1696 z8761 to x413 the children 1121 of Israel, 3478 saying, 559 z8800 Appoint x5414 out y5414 z8798 for you x853 cities 5892 of refuge, 4733 whereof x834 I spake 1696 z8765 unto x413 you by the hand 3027 of Moses: 4872

20:3 That the slayer 7523 z8802 that killeth 5221 z8688 [any] person 5315 unawares 7684 [and] unwittingly 1847 x1097 may flee 5127 z8800 thither: x8033 and they shall be x1961 your refuge 4733 from the avenger 1350 z8802 x4480 of blood. 1818

20:4 And when he that doth flee 5127 z8804 unto x413 one 259 of those x428 cities 5892 x4480 shall stand 5975 z8804 at the entering 6607 of the gate 8179 of the city, 5892 and shall declare 1696 z8765 x853 his cause 1697 in the ears 241 of the elders 2205 of that x1931 city, 5892 they shall take 622 z8804 him into the city 5892 unto them, and give 5414 z8804 x413 him a place, 4725 that he may dwell 3427 z8804 among x5973 them.

20:5 And if x3588 the avenger 1350 z8802 of blood 1818 pursue 7291 z8799 after 310 him, then they shall not x3808 deliver 5462 z8686 x853 the slayer 7523 z8802 up into his hand; 3027 because x3588 he smote 5221 z8689 x853 his neighbour 7453 unwittingly, 1097 1847 and hated 8130 z8802 him not x3808 beforetime. 8543 8032

20:6 And he shall dwell 3427 z8804 in that x1931 city, 5892 until x5704 he stand 5975 z8800 before 6440 the congregation 5712 for judgment, 4941 [and] until x5704 the death 4194 of the high 1419 priest 3548 that 834 shall be x1961 in those x1992 days: 3117 then x227 shall the slayer 7523 z8802 return, 7725 z8799 and come 935 z8804 unto x413 his own city, 5892 and unto x413 his own house, 1004 unto x413 the city 5892 from whence x834 x4480 x8033 he fled. 5127 z8804

20:7 ¶ And they appointed 6942 z8686 x853 Kedesh 6943 in Galilee 1551 in mount 2022 Naphtali, 5321 and Shechem 7927 in mount 2022 Ephraim, 669 and Kirjatharba, 7153 which x1931 [is] Hebron, 2275 in the mountain 2022 of Judah. 3063

20:8 And on the other side 5676 x4480 Jordan 3383 by Jericho 3405 eastward, 4217 they assigned 5414 z8804 x853 Bezer 1221 in the wilderness 4057 upon the plain 4334 out of the tribe 4294 x4480 of Reuben, 7205 and Ramoth 7216 in Gilead 1568 out of the tribe 4294 x4480 of Gad, 1410 and Golan 1474 in Bashan 1316 out of the tribe 4294 x4480 of Manasseh. 4519

20:9 These x428 were x1961 the cities 5892 appointed 4152 for all x3605 the children 1121 of Israel, 3478 and for the stranger 1616 that sojourneth 1481 z8802 among 8432 them, that whosoever x3605 killeth 5221 z8688 [any] person 5315 at unawares 7684 might flee 5127 z8800 thither, x8033 and not x3808 die 4191 z8799 by the hand 3027 of the avenger 1350 z8802 of blood, 1818 until x5704 he stood 5975 z8800 before 6440 the congregation. 5712