约书亚记 20:9

Chinese Union (Simplified)

这 都 是 为 以 色 列 众 人 和 在 他 们 中 间 寄 居 的 外 人 所 分 定 的 地 邑 ， 使 误 杀 人 的 都 可 以 逃 到 那 里 ， 不 死 在 报 血 仇 人 的 手 中 ， 等 他 站 在 会 众 面 前 听 审 判 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
這些都是為所有的以色列人，和在他們中間寄居的外族人所指定的城，讓誤殺人的可以逃到那裡，不致死在報血仇的人手裡，直到他站在會眾面前受審為止。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the cities: Numbers 35:15

until he stood: Joshua 20:4, Joshua 20:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:12 - from the avenger Romans 13:4 - revenger

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,.... For the common use of them all, and not for that tribe only in which they stood:

and for the stranger that sojourneth among them; not only for the proselytes of righteousness, but for the proselytes of the gate also, as well as for the natives of Israel; Christ is a refuge for Jews and Gentiles, for all sinners that flee to him:

that whosoever killeth any person unawares might flee thither; and find shelter and safety:

and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood; getting thither before he could overtake him:

until he stood before the congregation: either before the congregation, the elders of the city, or court of judicature in the city of refuge, or before the court of his own city, from whence he fled, if summoned thither.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 20:9. For all the children of Israel, and for the stranger — As these typified the great provision which God was making for the salvation of both Jews and Gentiles, hence the stranger as well as the Israelite had the same right to the benefits of these cities of refuge. Is HE the God of the Jews only? Is HE not also the God of the Gentiles?

Until he stood before the congregation. — The judges and elders of the people, in trying civil and criminal causes, always sat; the persons who came for judgment, or who were tried, always stood; hence the expressions so frequent in Scripture, STANDING before the Lord, the judges, the elders, c.

IT is worthy of remark that the cities of refuge were given to the Levites see the following chapter. The sacrificial system alone afforded refuge; and while the suspected person was excluded from his family, c., he had the advantage of being with those whose business it was to instruct the ignorant, and comfort the disconsolate. Thus he had the means constantly at hand, by a careful use of which he might grow wiser and better secure the favour of his God, and a lot of blessedness in a better world. How wise, equal, and beneficent are all the institutions of God!