Joshua 20:4

He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city . Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place , and he shall remain with them.

When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them.

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.