Numbers 35:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

Six cities for refuge

General references

Deuteronomy 4:41

Bible References

Six cities for refuge

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

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

So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.

Look to the right and see:
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.

and there will be a booth for shade from heat by day, and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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.

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.