1  ✡ 20:1: Census 35:9-34; Rules2 4:41-43; 19:1-13Den Da One In Charge tell Joshua: 2 “Tell da Israel peopo fo pick City A Refuge towns wea peopo can go fo nobody hurt dem, jalike I wen tell Moses fo do. 3 So dat if somebody kill anodda guy, but dey neva mean fo do um, an neva like do um, good fo dem run ova dea. Da one dat like kill um fo pay um back, he no can hurt dem dea.

4 “Wen da guy dat kill somebody go one City A Refuge town, he goin stan by da gate fo da town, an tell da older leada guys fo dat town wat wen happen. Den da older leadas goin let um go inside da town, an give um one place fo live wit dem. 5 But maybe da guys dat like get back at him an like kill him go look fo him. If dass how stay, da older leada guys betta not give da guy to dem. Az cuz dey know awready he kill da odda guy but he neva tink bout kill um befo he kill um, an he no hate da guy. 6 Da guy gotta stay inside dat City A Refuge town till he stan in front da whole town an dey judge him, an till da Main Pries Guy dat time mahke. Den he can go back his house inside da town wea he live befo time.”

7 So da Israel peopo pick Kedesh inside Galilee, inside da hills fo da Naftali peopo, Shekem up country Efraim, an Kiriat-Arba (az Hebron, you know), inside da Judah hills, fo da west side a da Jordan Riva. 8 Da east side a da Jordan Riva an Jericho, dey pick Bezer inside da flat boonies inside da land fo da Reuben peopo, Ramot inside Gilead, da land fo da Gad peopo, an Golan inside Bashan, inside da land fo da Manasseh peopo. 9 One Israel guy o one guy from anodda place dat live wit da Israel peopo, if dey kill somebody but neva plan fo kill um, good fo dem run to dese City A Refuge towns. Da guys dat like kill um fo pay um back, no can kill um befo da killa guy stan in front da whole town an dey judge um.