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 those cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge.

Then Moses separated three cities on this side Jordan towards the sunrise,

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Appoint cities of refuge for you, as I have spoken to you by the hand of Moses;

And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance these cities and their open lands, at the command of Jehovah:

Jehovah 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; my hiding-place is in God.

I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.

And there shall be a booth for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a hiding place from storm and rain.

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

so 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 separated three cities on this side Jordan towards the sunrise,