Joshua 20:1-6

Joshua 20:1-6

[1] also spake  unto Joshua,  saying,  [2] Speak  to the children  of Israel,  saying,  Appoint out  for you cities  of refuge,  whereof I spake  unto you by the hand  of Moses:  [3] That the slayer  that killeth  any person  unawares  and unwittingly  may flee  thither: and they shall be your refuge  from the avenger  of blood.  [4] 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. [5] And if the avenger  of blood  pursue  after  him, then they shall not deliver  the slayer  up into his hand;  because he smote  his neighbour  unwittingly,  and hated  him not beforetime.  [6] 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.