Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
General references
Bible References
Ye shall appoint
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.
Joshua 20:2
Speak to the children of Israel and say: Designate cities of refuge just as Moses directed.
Unawares
Numbers 35:22
Should you accidentally kill someone who was not your enemy. Maybe you shoved him or threw something at him but did not mean to kill him.
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.
Deuteronomy 4:42
Those who unintentionally killed someone whom they had never hated could flee to one of these cities and save their lives.
Deuteronomy 19:4
A person who unintentionally kills someone he never hated in the past may run to one of these cities to save his life.
General references
Numbers 35:22
Should you accidentally kill someone who was not your enemy. Maybe you shoved him or threw something at him but did not mean to kill him.
Deuteronomy 4:42
Those who unintentionally killed someone whom they had never hated could flee to one of these cities and save their lives.