And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, [of] which I spoke to you by Moses.
[Even] a refuge to the slayer who has a man 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.
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And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of .
And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of , and Aremoth in out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
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 , that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.