Numbers 35:11

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

Exodus 21:13

But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

Joshua 20:2

“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Numbers 35:6

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.

Numbers 35:22-25

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

Deuteronomy 4:42

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

Deuteronomy 19:1-13

“When the Lord your God annihilates the nations whose land He is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,

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Summary

Numbers 35:11

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Ye shall appoint

Numbers 35:6

Joshua 20:2

Unawares

General references

Numbers 35:22

Deuteronomy 4:42

Bible References

Ye shall appoint

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.

“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Unawares

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

General references

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive: