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 as touching the cities which ye shall give six cities of refuge, shall there be unto you.

Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan, - towards the rising of the sun:

Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, - Set out for you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you, by the hand of Moses:

So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, - these cities, with their pasture-lands.

Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:

Upon God, depend my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.

Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

And a pavilion, shall there be For a shade by day, from the heat, - and For a refuge and for a shelter, from storm and from rain.

Come unto me! all ye that toil and are burdened, and, I, will give you rest:

In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,

General references

Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan, - towards the rising of the sun: