1 God talked to Joshua. ️ 2 God said, Tell the people to pick safe towns. If a person hurts someone by accident, that person can run to a safe town. ️♂️ 3 The safe town will help the person who did not mean to hurt. The angry one who wants to hit back cannot get him there. ️ 4 The person runs to the town gate and talks to the town leaders. He tells what happened. They let him in and give him a place to stay. ️ 5 If the angry one runs after him, the town will not give him up. It was not on purpose. He did not hate the person before. 6 He will live in the safe town. The people will meet to decide. He must stay there until the big priest, God’s helper, dies. Then he may go home again. ⏳️ 7 They chose these safe towns: Kedesh in Galilee in Naphtali, Shechem in the hill land of Ephraim, and Hebron (also called Kiriath Arba) in Judah. ️️ 8 On the east side of the river Jordan, they chose Bezer in the desert from Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from Gad, and Golan in Bashan from Manasseh. ️ 9 These towns were for all Israel and for any visitor. If anyone hurt by accident, they could run there and be safe. They waited there until the people met to decide. ⏳