Section: 20:1–9 Joshua set apart towns of refuge so that people could run to them and be safe

Paragraph 20:1–6

20:1

Then the LORD said to Joshua: The Hebrew sentence that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Then the LORD said to Joshua is more literally “and Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying…” This sentence begins a new topic. Use a word or a phrase that marks a new topic in your language.

Here are some other ways to translate this verse:

After this, Yahweh said to Joshua
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Then Yahweh spoke to Joshua. He said
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Yahweh told Joshua

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