Joshua 20
- 1The Lord also spoke to Joshua, saying,
- 2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
- 3That the slayer that kills any person by accident and unwittingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- 4And when he who does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.
- 5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unwittingly, and did not hate him in the past.
- 6And he shall live in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest who shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.
- 7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
- 8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- 9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the foreigner that stays among them, that whoever kills any person by accident might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Joshua 20 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThe Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
GIGAKJVThe Lord also spoke to Joshua, saying,
KJVSpeak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
GIGAKJVSpeak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
KJVThat the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
GIGAKJVThat the slayer that kills any person by accident and unwittingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
KJVAnd when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
GIGAKJVAnd when he who does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.
KJVAnd if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
GIGAKJVAnd if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unwittingly, and did not hate him in the past.
KJVAnd he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
GIGAKJVAnd he shall live in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest who shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.
KJVAnd on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
GIGAKJVAnd on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
KJVThese were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
GIGAKJVThese were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the foreigner that stays among them, that whoever kills any person by accident might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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