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

You are to set aside six towns of refuge.

Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan,

"Tell the people of Israel to set apart cities of refuge about which I spoke to you through Moses,

So, just as the Lord had said, the Israelis set aside cities for the descendants of Levi from a portion of their own inheritances, along with their grazing lands.

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.

I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

and also to serve as a refuge and shelter from storms and rain."

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

General references

Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan,