Verse 4

And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:7 : 7 Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:
• Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 2 Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.
• Job 5:4 : 4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
• Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
• Ps 26:9 : 9 Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;