Numbers 35:6

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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

And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,

And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of LORD, these cities with their suburbs:

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

With God is my salvation and my glory. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,