20Then the Lord said to Joshua: 2Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, 3so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of bloo
21Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel 2at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, wi
22Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2and said to them, You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded. 3For a long time now-to this very
23After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then old and well advanced in years, 2summoned all Israel-their elders, leaders, judges and officials-and said to them: I am old and well