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

Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,

And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

General references

Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;