Jos 20:7-9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Josh 20:7-9: 20:7-9 Joshua designated six cities of refuge: three on the east side of the Jordan , and three on the west. From anywhere in the land, one of these six well-known Levitical cities was no more than two days’ travel away.

a20:7-9►

cExod 22:21►

dLev 19:33-34►

fNum 15:15-16►

‏ Joshua 20:7-9

Summary for Josh 20:7-9: 20:7-9 ^a Joshua designated six cities of refuge: three on the east side of the Jordan, and three on the west. From anywhere in the land, one of these six well-known Levitical cities was no more than two days’ travel away.
20:9 ^b The treatment of foreigners in Israel was a great advance in human relations. Resident aliens were to receive every justice offered to native Israelites (see Exod 22:21 ^c; Lev 19:33-34 ^d; 24:22 ^e; Num 15:15-16 ^f).