Joshua 20:6 meaning and explanation
He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
Joshua 20:6, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Joshua is giving Israel the rules for the cities of refuge, and this verse completes the case of the person who killed someone by accident. The elders of the refuge city shelter him, but he must stay there until he stands trial before the assembly and until the high priest then serving dies.
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