Quotes About City

and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed

the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.

But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

And when there is a long blast of the ramís horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.

He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,