约书亚记 20:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

那殺人的要逃到這些城中的一座，站在城門口，把自己的事情向城中的眾長老述說，長老就要把他接入城中，到他們那裡，並要給他地方，使他可以住在他們中間。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
那 杀 人 的 要 逃 到 这 些 城 中 的 一 座 城 ， 站 在 城 门 口 ， 将 他 的 事 情 说 给 城 内 的 长 老 们 听 。 他 们 就 把 他 收 进 城 里 ， 给 他 地 方 ， 使 他 住 在 他 们 中 间 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the Lord said to Joshua: ² "Tell the Israelites to choose the special cities of safety, as I had Moses command you to do. ³ If a person kills someone accidentally and without meaning to kill him, that person may go to a city of safety to hide. There the killer will be safe from the relative who has the duty of punishing a murderer. ⁴ "When the killer runs to one of those cities, he must stop at the entrance gate, stand there, and tell the leaders of the people what happened. Then that person will be allowed to enter the city and will be given a place to live among them. ⁵ But if the one who is chasing him follows him to that city, the leaders of the city must not hand over the killer. It was an accident. He did not hate him beforehand or kill him on purpose. ⁶ The killer must stay in the city until a court comes to a decision and until the high priest dies. Then he may go back home to the town from which he ran away."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

at the entering: Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:2, Job 5:4, Job 29:7, Proverbs 31:23, Jeremiah 38:7

take: Psalms 26:9

that he may: Hebrews 6:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 33:21 - place by Numbers 35:12 - until he stand Joshua 20:9 - until he stood

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her.

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls so they could have children.

Genesis 20:18
The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelech's house from having children as a punishment on Abimelech for taking Abraham's wife Sarah.

2 Samuel 4:11
So even more I must put you evil men to death because you have killed an innocent man on his own bed in his own house!"

1 Chronicles 21:17
David said to God, "I am the one who sinned and did wrong. I gave the order for the people to be counted. These people only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Lord my God, please punish me and my family, but stop the terrible disease that is killing your people."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities,.... Any one of them, that was nearest to him:

shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city; for he might not rush in without leave:

and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; lay before them the whole matter, how that he had killed a person unawares, by what means it came about, and that it was merely through error, without any malicious design, and was a mere accident:

they shall take him into the city unto them; directly, lest the avenger of blood should come and seize on him, and kill him; and they were to take him into the city, not only to prevent that, but to examine him still more closely about the matter, and get further satisfaction; and being satisfied, were to continue him in it:

and give him a place, that he might dwell among them; until his death, or the death of the high priest, if that was first. Kimchi observes from their Rabbins, the he was not to hire a house all the time of his dwelling there, but was to have one freely, because it is said, "and give him", &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As soon as the manslayer presented himself at the city of refuge, the elders of the city were to hold an inquiry, and receive him provisionally into the city. Afterward, when the avenger of blood should have tracked his victim to the city, and appear to claim him, a more formal and thorough investigation Joshua 20:6 was to be made. Consult the marginal references.