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Joshua 20 — Chapter Study Overview
Joshua 20 establishes the cities of refuge, implementing the earlier Mosaic legislation for accidental homicide, due process, and protection from immediate blood vengeance.
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Hebron Appointed a City of Refuge
Joshua 20 establishes the cities of refuge, implementing the earlier Mosaic legislation for accidental homicide, due process, and protection from immediate blood vengeance.
Abner is murdered at Hebron, a city Joshua had designated as a city of refuge, creating a striking geographic irony: a place associated with protection and due process becomes the site of unlawful bloodshed.
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