Joshua 20:1

Christian Standard Bible ®

Then the Lord spoke to Joshua,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying,

King James Version
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

New Century Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua:

New English Translation
The Lord instructed Joshua:

Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord also spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Contemporary English Version
One day the Lord told Joshua:

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Y'hoshua,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua:

George Lamsa Translation
THEN the LORD said to Joshua,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord told Joshua

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Iosua, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Joshua,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde also spake vnto Iosuah, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The Lord also spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Joshua,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Josue, and seide, Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and seie thou to hem,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

New King James Version
Numbers 35:9-28; Deuteronomy 19:1-13">[xr] The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord said to Joshua,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Joshua,

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Joshua, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to children of Israel and say to them:

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Joshua,

THE MESSAGE
Then God spoke to Joshua: "Tell the People of Israel: Designate the asylum-cities, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills a person accidentally—that is, unintentionally—may flee there as a safe place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, ²“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, ³so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. ⁴When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them. ⁵And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand. ⁶He 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 one who committed manslaughter may return home to his own city from which he fled.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spake: Joshua 5:14, Joshua 6:2, Joshua 7:10, Joshua 13:1-7

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
The Canaanite border went from Sidon going toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

Genesis 13:1
Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev—he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.

Genesis 14:7
Then they came back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 16:1
Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Genesis 16:14
That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day.

Genesis 20:13
So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me: ‘He’s my brother.’”

Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took flocks and herds and male and female slaves, gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord also spake unto Joshua,.... Out of the tabernacle, at the door of which he with the high priest and princes were; the Lord had spoken to him before concerning dividing the land among the tribes,

Joshua 13:1; and this being done he speaks to him again:

saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XX

Joshua is commanded to appoint cities of refuge, 1, 2.

The purpose of their institution, 34.

Three cities are appointed in the promised land, 7;

and three on the east side of Jordan, 8, 9.

NOTES ON CHAP. XX