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 sunrising;

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

Jehovah also will 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 that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

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

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;