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 which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge.

Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),

“Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,

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.

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.

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.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].

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.

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),