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

As to the cities which ye give -- six are cities of refuge to you;

Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,

And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

On God is my salvation, and my honour, The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!

'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

General references

Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,