1 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 1Assign the cities 2of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses. 3 Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a 3man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.
7 And 4Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount 5Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.
8 And beyond Jordan he 6appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
9 These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.
- 1 v. 2 Gr. give.
- 2 v. 2 Gr. refugees.
- 3 v. 3 Gr. life or soul.
- 4 v. 7 Gr. he.
- 5 v. 7 Or, of N.
- 6 v. 8 Gr. gave.
About this text. This is Sir Lancelot Brenton’s 1851 translation of the Septuagint — the Greek Old Testament the Orthodox Church reads, rather than the Hebrew text behind most English Bibles. It is in the public domain. Words in italics are ones Brenton supplied that the Greek does not have; he marked them so that a reader could tell the difference, and they are kept that way here. The numbered notes are his own. Its English is Victorian, and does not match the modern English of the New Testament pages on this site.