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

The cities that you are to give will be your six cities of refuge.

Then Moses set apart three cities {on the other side of the Jordan}, {toward the east},

"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through the hand of Moses.

So, {by command of Yahweh}, the {Israelites} gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance.

And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress.

On God [rests] my salvation and my glory; God is my strong rock, my refuge.

look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.

and it will be a shelter for shade from [the] heat by day, and a refuge and a hiding place from rainstorm and from rain.

Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

in order that through two unchangeable things, in which [it is] impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before [us],

General references

Then Moses set apart three cities {on the other side of the Jordan}, {toward the east},