Verse 11
then ye shall appoint{H7136} you cities{H5892} to be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for you, that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 21:13 : 13 And if a man lie not in wait,{H6658} but God{H430} deliver{H579} [him] into his hand;{H3027} then I will appoint{H7760} thee a place{H4725} whither he shall flee.{H5127}
- Josh 20:2 : 2 Speak{H1696} to the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} Assign you{H5414} the cities{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whereof I spake{H1696} unto you by{H3027} Moses,{H4872}
- Num 35:6 : 6 And the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} unto the Levites,{H3881} they shall be the six{H8337} cities{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} which ye shall give{H5414} for the manslayer{H7523} to flee{H5127} unto: and besides them ye shall give{H5414} forty{H705} and two{H8147} cities.{H5892}
- Num 35:22-25 : 22 But if he thrust{H1920} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity,{H342} or hurled{H7993} upon him anything{H3627} without lying in wait,{H6660} 23 or with any stone,{H68} whereby a man may die,{H4191} seeing{H7200} him not,{H3808} and cast{H5307} it upon him, so that he died,{H4191} and he was not his enemy,{H341} neither sought{H1245} his harm;{H7451} 24 then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199} between the smiter{H5221} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} according to these ordinances;{H4941} 25 and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081}
- Deut 4:42 : 42 that the manslayer{H7523} might flee{H5127} thither, that slayeth{H7523} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032} and that fleeing{H5127} unto one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892} he might live:{H2425}
- Deut 19:1-9 : 1 When Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall cut off{H3772} the nations,{H1471} whose land{H776} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, and thou succeedest{H3423} them, and dwellest{H3427} in their cities,{H5892} and in their houses;{H1004} 2 thou shalt set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee in the midst{H8432} of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee to possess{H3423} it. 3 Thou shalt prepare{H3559} thee the way,{H1870} and divide the borders{H1366} of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} causeth thee to inherit,{H5157} into three parts,{H8027} that every manslayer{H7523} may flee{H5127} thither. 4 And this is the case{H1697} of the manslayer,{H7523} that shall flee{H5127} thither and live:{H2425} whoso killeth{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032} 5 as when a man goeth{H935} into the forest{H3293} with his neighbor{H7453} to hew{H2404} wood,{H6086} and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772} the tree,{H6086} and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394} from the helve,{H6086} and lighteth{H4672} upon his neighbor,{H7453} so that he dieth;{H4191} he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of these cities{H5892} and live:{H2425} 6 lest the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} the manslayer,{H310} while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot,{H3179} and overtake{H5381} him, because the way{H1870} is long,{H7235} and smite him{H5315} mortally;{H5221} whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death,{H4194} inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past.{H8032} 7 Wherefore I command{H6680} thee, saying,{H559} Thou shalt set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee. 8 And if Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} enlarge{H7337} thy border,{H1366} as he hath sworn{H7650} unto thy fathers,{H1} and give{H5414} thee all the land{H776} which he promised{H1696} to give{H5414} unto thy fathers;{H1} 9 if thou shalt keep{H8104} all this commandment{H4687} to do{H6213} it, which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} to love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and to walk{H3212} ever{H3117} in his ways;{H1870} then shalt thou add{H3254} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, besides these three:{H7969} 10 that innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210} in{H7130} the midst of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} and so blood{H1818} be upon thee. 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130} his neighbor,{H7453} and lie in wait{H693} for him, and rise up{H6965} against him, and smite{H5221} him mortally{H5315} so that he dieth,{H4191} and he flee{H5127} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities;{H5892} 12 then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him thence, and deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} that he may die.{H4191} 13 Thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347} him, but thou shalt put away{H1197} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from Israel,{H3478} that it may go well{H2895} with thee.