Joshua 20:9 meaning and explanation
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
Joshua 20:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua 20:9 closes the chapter by naming the purpose of the six cities of refuge just listed. God had commanded Israel through Moses to set apart these towns so that a person who killed someone unintentionally could flee there and be safe from the avenger of blood, the relative responsible for justice, until a proper trial could be held.
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