These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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Gill's Exposition
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel,.... For the common use of them all, and not for that tribe only in which they stood:
and for the stranger that sojourneth among them;…
Adam Clarke
For all the children of Israel, and for the stranger - As these typified the great provision which God was making for the salvation of both Jews and Gentiles, hence the stranger as well as the…
We have here the nomination of the cities of refuge in the land of Canaan, which was made by the advice and authority of Joshua and the princes (Jos 19:7); and upon occasion of the mention of this is…
Cambridge Bible
These were the cities appointed "Civitates constitutæ," Vulgate. "The citees ordeyned," Wyclif.
for the stranger that sojourneth "And to comlyngis that dwellen among hem;" Wyclif. Observe that the…