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20:1 The cities aputanan

20 [ref]◙ 2 ◙ 3 ◙ 4 ◙ 5 ◙ 6 ◙

7 ◙ 8 ◙ 9 ◙

20:1-9: Num 35:9-34; Deu 4:41-43; 19:1-13.

20 and_he/it _spoke Yahweh to Yəhōshūˊa to_say.
2 Speak to the _people of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say assign to/for_you _all DOM the _cities the_refuge which I _spoke to_you _all in/on/at/with_hand of _Mosheh.
3 So _that_flee there_to a _killer [who]_strikes _down (of)_a _person in/on/at/with_accident in/on/at/with_without knowledge and_they _will _be to/for_you _all for_refuge from_avenger the_blood.
4 And_flee to one of_the_cities the_these and_stand the _entrance of _the _gate the_city and_state in/on/at/with_hearing of _the _elders the_city[fn] the_that DOM case_his and_take DOM_him/it the_city_into to_them and_give to_him/it a _place and_live among_them.
5 And_because/when he _will _pursue the _avenger the_blood after_him and_not they _will _deliver _up DOM the_manslayer in_his/its_hand DOM in/on/at/with_without knowledge he _struck _down DOM his/its_neighbour and_not [was]_hating he to_him/it on_yesterday [the]_third _day.
6 And_stay in/on/at/with_city the_that until stands_he to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_congregation for _the_trial until the _death the_priest/officer the_high who he _will _be in _the_days the_those then he _will _return the_manslayer and_he _may _go to city_his _own and_near/to home_his _own to the_city where he _fled from_there.
7 And_set _apart DOM Kedesh in/on/at/with_Gālīl in/on/at/with_hill _country of _Nafəttālī and_DOM Shəkem in/on/at/with_hill _country of _ʼEfərayim and_DOM wwww four that [is]_Hebron in/on/at/with_hill _country of _Yəhūdāh.
8 And_on_side of_Yarəddēn of _Yərīḩō east_on they _assigned DOM Bezer in/on/at/with_wilderness in/on/at/with_plateau from_tribe of _Rəʼūvēn and_DOM Ramoth in/on/at/with_Giləˊād from_tribe of _Gād and_DOM Golan[fn] in/on/at/with_Bashan from_tribe of _Mənashsheh.
9 These they _were the _cities the_designated to_all/each/any/every the _people of _Yisərā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_for _the_stranger the_residing in/on/at/with_among_them that_flee there_to any [one _who]_strikes _down (of)_a _person in/on/at/with_accident and_not he _will _die in/on/at/with_hand of _the _avenger the_blood until stands_he to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_congregation.

20:4 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

20:8 Variant note: גלון: (x-qere) ’גּוֹלָ֥ן’: lemma_1474 morph_HNp id_06H48 גּוֹלָ֥ן

OET by section JOS 20:1

The cities aputanan

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