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OET-RV by cross-referenced section DEU 19:1

DEU 19:1–19:13 ©

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The refuge cities

Deu 19:1–13

Num 35:9–28

Jos 20:1–9

19:1 The refuge cities

(Num. 35:9-28, Josh. 20:1-9)

19[ref] 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11 12 13


35:9 The cities refuge

(Deu. 19:1-13, Josh. 20:1-9)

9[ref] 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28


20:1 The refuge cities

20Then Yahweh told Yehoshua,[ref] 2“Tell the Israelis to select some cities that people can flee to in order to be safe, just as I instructed you through Mosheh, 3so that if someone accidentally kills someone else, they can escape there and be safe from the dead person’s family. 4When that person flees to one of these cities, they must stand at the city gate and tell the elders there what happened. Then they should bring the person into the city and give them a place there to live in. 5Now if a relative of the deceased comes to avenge the death, the city elders won’t hand over the killer because the death was accidental and didn’t happen because of hate or premeditation. 6So then that person must stay in the city until they’re brought before the panel of judges. If they decide that the death wasn’t deliberate, the person must remain in that city until the death of the high priest, then they can freely return to their own city and own home.”

7So the Israelis chose Kedesh (in the Galilee region in the hill country of Naftali) and Shekem (in the hill country of Efraim) and Kiriat-Arba (now called Hebron, in the hill country of Yehudah). 8On the other side of the Yordan river, they chose Betser (in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben), Ramot (in the Gilead from the tribe of Gad), and Golan (in the Bashan from the tribe of Manashsheh). 9Those were the appointed cities for both Israelis and foreigners living among them, so that anyone who accidentally killed someone could flee there and be safe from being avenged by the deceased’s relatives until they could receive a proper trial.


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

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Josh 20:1-9:

20:1 The refuge cities

20Then Yahweh told Yehoshua,[ref] 2“Tell the Israelis to select some cities that people can flee to in order to be safe, just as I instructed you through Mosheh, 3so that if someone accidentally kills someone else, they can escape there and be safe from the dead person’s family. 4When that person flees to one of these cities, they must stand at the city gate and tell the elders there what happened. Then they should bring the person into the city and give them a place there to live in. 5Now if a relative of the deceased comes to avenge the death, the city elders won’t hand over the killer because the death was accidental and didn’t happen because of hate or premeditation. 6So then that person must stay in the city until they’re brought before the panel of judges. If they decide that the death wasn’t deliberate, the person must remain in that city until the death of the high priest, then they can freely return to their own city and own home.”

7So the Israelis chose Kedesh (in the Galilee region in the hill country of Naftali) and Shekem (in the hill country of Efraim) and Kiriat-Arba (now called Hebron, in the hill country of Yehudah). 8On the other side of the Yordan river, they chose Betser (in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben), Ramot (in the Gilead from the tribe of Gad), and Golan (in the Bashan from the tribe of Manashsheh). 9Those were the appointed cities for both Israelis and foreigners living among them, so that anyone who accidentally killed someone could flee there and be safe from being avenged by the deceased’s relatives until they could receive a proper trial.


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

Deu 19:2-4:

2 3 4

Josh 20:1-9:

20:1 The refuge cities

20Then Yahweh told Yehoshua,[ref] 2“Tell the Israelis to select some cities that people can flee to in order to be safe, just as I instructed you through Mosheh, 3so that if someone accidentally kills someone else, they can escape there and be safe from the dead person’s family. 4When that person flees to one of these cities, they must stand at the city gate and tell the elders there what happened. Then they should bring the person into the city and give them a place there to live in. 5Now if a relative of the deceased comes to avenge the death, the city elders won’t hand over the killer because the death was accidental and didn’t happen because of hate or premeditation. 6So then that person must stay in the city until they’re brought before the panel of judges. If they decide that the death wasn’t deliberate, the person must remain in that city until the death of the high priest, then they can freely return to their own city and own home.”

7So the Israelis chose Kedesh (in the Galilee region in the hill country of Naftali) and Shekem (in the hill country of Efraim) and Kiriat-Arba (now called Hebron, in the hill country of Yehudah). 8On the other side of the Yordan river, they chose Betser (in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben), Ramot (in the Gilead from the tribe of Gad), and Golan (in the Bashan from the tribe of Manashsheh). 9Those were the appointed cities for both Israelis and foreigners living among them, so that anyone who accidentally killed someone could flee there and be safe from being avenged by the deceased’s relatives until they could receive a proper trial.


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

Num 35:9-34:

35:9 The cities refuge

(Deu. 19:1-13, Josh. 20:1-9)

9[ref] 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34


35:9-28: Deu 19:2-4; Josh 20:1-9.

Deu 4:41-43:

4:41 The refuge cities

41[ref] 42 43


4:41-43: Josh 20:8-9.

19:1-13:

19:1 The refuge cities

(Num. 35:9-28, Josh. 20:1-9)

19[ref] 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11 12 13


19:1-13: Josh 20:1-9.