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 of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

General references

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;