King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. The LORD[H3068] also spoke[H1696] unto[H413] Joshua,[H3091] saying,[H559]

2. Speak[H1696] to[H413] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] saying,[H559] Appoint[H5414] out for you[H853] cities[H5892] of refuge,[H4733] whereof[H834] I spoke[H1696] unto[H413] you by the hand[H3027] of Moses: [H4872]

3. That the slayer[H7523] that killeth[H5221] any person[H5315] unawares[H7684] and unwittingly[H1097] [H1847] may flee[H5127] thither:[H8033] and they shall be[H1961] your refuge[H4733] from the avenger[H4480] [H1350] of blood.[H1818]

4. And when he that doth flee[H5127] unto[H413] one[H259] of those[H428] cities[H4480] [H5892] shall stand[H5975] at the entering[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the city,[H5892] and shall declare[H1696] [H853] his cause[H1697] in the ears[H241] of the elders[H2205] of that[H1931] city,[H5892] they shall take[H622] him into the city[H5892] unto them, and give[H5414] [H413] him a place,[H4725] that he may dwell[H3427] among[H5973] them.

5. And if[H3588] the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] pursue[H7291] after[H310] him, then they shall not[H3808] deliver[H5462] [H853] the slayer[H7523] up into his hand;[H3027] because[H3588] he smote[H5221] [H853] his neighbor[H7453] unwittingly,[H1097] [H1847] and hated[H8130] him not[H3808] formerly.[H8543] [H8032]

6. And he shall dwell[H3427] in that[H1931] city,[H5892] until[H5704] he stand[H5975] before[H6440] the congregation[H5712] for judgment,[H4941] and until[H5704] the death[H4194] of the high[H1419] priest[H3548] that[H834] shall be[H1961] in those[H1992] days:[H3117] then[H227] shall the slayer[H7523] return,[H7725] and come[H935] unto[H413] his own city,[H5892] and unto[H413] his own house,[H1004] unto[H413] the city[H5892] from whence[H834] [H4480] [H8033] he fled.[H5127]

7. And they appointed[H6942] [H853] Kedesh[H6943] in Galilee[H1551] in mount[H2022] Naphtali,[H5321] and Shechem[H7927] in mount[H2022] Ephraim,[H669] and Kirjath-arba,[H7153] which[H1931] is Hebron,[H2275] in the mountain[H2022] of Judah.[H3063]

8. And on the other side[H4480] [H5676] Jordan[H3383] by Jericho[H3405] eastward,[H4217] they assigned[H5414] [H853] Bezer[H1221] in the wilderness[H4057] upon the plain[H4334] out of the tribe[H4480] [H4294] of Reuben,[H7205] and Ramoth[H7216] in Gilead[H1568] out of the tribe[H4480] [H4294] of Gad,[H1410] and Golan[H1474] in Bashan[H1316] out of the tribe[H4480] [H4294] of Manasseh.[H4519]

9. These[H428] were[H1961] the cities[H5892] appointed[H4152] for all[H3605] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] and for the stranger[H1616] that sojourneth[H1481] among[H8432] them, that whosoever[H3605] killeth[H5221] any person[H5315] at unawares[H7684] might flee[H5127] thither,[H8033] and not[H3808] die[H4191] by the hand[H3027] of the avenger[H1350] of blood,[H1818] until[H5704] he stood[H5975] before[H6440] the congregation.[H5712]