Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 19:1
When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,
Numbers 35:6
Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.
Hebrews 6:18
so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

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