Joshua 20:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.”
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“When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`When <FI>one<Fi> hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood <FI>at<Fi> the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 20:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
- Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- Jeremiah 38:7Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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