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

And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge.

Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,

"Say to the people of Israel, 'Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.

There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,