Numbers 35:6
“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge,
Joshua 21:3
So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.
Joshua 21:13
They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest:
Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,
Joshua 21:21
The Israelites gave them:
Shechem,
Joshua 21:27
From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon,
Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities.
Joshua 21:32
From the tribe of Naphtali they gave:
Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.
Joshua 21:36
From the tribe of Reuben they gave:
Bezer
Joshua 21:38
From the tribe of Gad they gave:
Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
Numbers 35:13-14
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.
Joshua 20:2-9
“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
Psalm 9:9
a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 62:7-8
My refuge is in God.
Psalm 142:4-5
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
Isaiah 4:6
and there will be a booth for shade from heat by day, and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.
Matthew 11:28
Hebrews 6:18
so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.
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Six cities for refuge
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Six cities for refuge
a refuge in times of trouble.
My refuge is in God.
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.