Joshua 20:1

Myles Coverdale Bible

And the LORDE spake vnto Iosua, and sayde:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord spoke to Joshua,

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,

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

¹ And the LORDE spake vnto Iosua, and sayde: ² Speake to the children of Israel: Geue amonge you fre cities, wherof I spake vnto you by Moses, ³ that a deedsleyer which sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly, maye flye thither, yt they maye be fre amoge you from the avenger of bloude. ⁴ And he that flyeth to one of those cities, shal stonde without before the porte of the cite, and shewe his cause before the Elders of the cite, then shall they take him to them in to the cite, and geue him place to dwell with them. ⁵ And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon him, they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in to his handes, for so moch as he hath slayne his neghboure vnawarres, and was not his enemye afore: ⁶ but he shall dwell in ye cite, tyll he stonde before the congregacion in iudgment, vntyll the hye prest dye, which shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deedsleyer returne, and go vnto his awne cite, and vnto his house to the cite, from whence he was 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
And ye Coastes of ye Cananites were fro Sido forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, & vnto Lasa.

Genesis 13:1
So Abra departed out of Egipte, wt his wife, & with all yt he had, & Lot wt him also, towarde ye south.

Genesis 14:7
And then they turned, & came to the well of iudgment (which is Cades) & smote all the countre of the Amalechites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon Thamar.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,

Genesis 16:7
But the angell of the LORDE founde her besyde a well of water in the wildernesse (euen by the well in the waye to Sur)

Genesis 16:14
Therfore called she the well: The well of the liuinge that sawe me. Which (well) is betwene Cades and Bared.

Genesis 18:1
Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie.

Genesis 20:13
So whan God charged me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where so euer we come, thou saye of me, that I am thy brother.

Genesis 20:14
Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen, seruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne,

Genesis 24:62
As for Isaac, he was commynge from the well of ye liuynge & seynge, for he dwelt in the south countre,

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