Numbers 35:6
[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].
Joshua 21:3
So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these [forty-eight] cities and their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the Lord.
Joshua 21:13
So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:21
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:27
To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, they gave from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, [the city of] Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
Joshua 21:32
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
Joshua 21:36
From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Joshua 21:38
From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Numbers 35:13-14
The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),
Joshua 20:2-9
“Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,
Psalm 9:9
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;
Psalm 62:7-8
On God my salvation and my glory rest;
He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.
Psalm 142:4-5
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Isaiah 4:6
And there will be a pavilion for shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and the rain.
Matthew 11:28
Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
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Six cities for refuge
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Six cities for refuge
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble;
On God my salvation and my glory rest;
He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.