Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
Refuge
Bible References
Appoint
Exodus 21:13
If you did not intend to kill someone and I, Jehovah, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.
Numbers 35:6
Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of refuge. You must allow murderers to escape to these cities. In addition, you must also give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Deuteronomy 4:41
Moses set aside three cities on the east side of the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 19:2
When all this is done, set aside three cities in the land that Jehovah your God gives you.
Romans 8:1
Those who live through (in union with) (because of) Jesus Christ have no condemnation. [They do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.]
Hebrews 6:18
God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed.
Refuge
Numbers 35:15
These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities.