Deuteronomy 19:7

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This is why I am commanding you: Set apart three cities for yourselves.

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  • Deut 19:1-4
    4 verses
    90%

    1When the LORD your God eliminates the nations whose land He is giving you, and you take possession of them and settle in their cities and houses,

    2you are to set apart three cities in the midst of the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    3Prepare roads for yourself and divide your land into three regions, the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills someone may flee there.

    4Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: whoever strikes his neighbor unintentionally, without prior malice,

  • Deut 19:8-14
    7 verses
    82%

    8And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you the entire land He promised to give them,

    9and you carefully keep this entire commandment I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to walk in His ways all your days, then you shall add three more cities to these three.

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

    13Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    79%

    11you shall designate cities to serve as cities of refuge where someone who unintentionally kills another may flee.

    12These cities shall serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood, so that the one who killed someone unintentionally may not be put to death until they stand trial before the congregation.

    13The cities you are to give will serve as six cities of refuge.

    14Three of these cities you shall give on the east side of the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

    15These six cities will be a refuge for the Israelites, for the foreigner, and for the sojourner living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally kills another can flee there.

  • Deut 4:41-43
    3 verses
    77%

    41Then Moses set apart three cities east of the Jordan.

    42These were for anyone who accidentally killed a neighbor without prior hostility, so that they could flee to one of these cities and live.

    43The cities were Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

  • Josh 20:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:

    2Speak to the people of Israel, saying: Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge that I spoke about to you through Moses.

    3These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

  • Deut 19:6
    74%

    6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.

  • Josh 20:9
    73%

    9These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.

  • Deut 20:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Num 35:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities.

    7The total number of cities you give to the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasture lands.

  • Deut 21:2
    72%

    2then your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the surrounding cities.

  • Josh 20:7
    71%

    7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

  • Josh 21:3
    70%

    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

  • Deut 7:11
    70%

    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

  • Num 35:9
    69%

    9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 35:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

    2Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

  • Josh 21:32
    69%

    32From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities.

  • Deut 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

    8If a case arises that is too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—matters of dispute in your towns, you are to go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    69%

    10Whatever case comes to you from your fellow Israelites living in their cities—whether of bloodshed or other matters of the law, commands, statutes, or decrees—you are to warn them not to sin against the LORD; otherwise, His wrath will come upon you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.

  • Deut 13:12
    68%

    12All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do such wickedness among you.

  • Deut 12:14
    68%

    14But offer them only at the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal territories. There you are to offer your burnt offerings and perform everything I command you.

  • Num 35:27
    68%

    27and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed.

  • Deut 17:10
    68%

    10You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you.

  • Josh 18:6
    68%

    6Write a description of the land in seven divisions and bring it to me here. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Num 35:29
    68%

    29These are to be legal requirements for you throughout your generations in all your settlements.

  • Num 31:19
    68%

    19You must remain outside the camp for seven days. Anyone who has killed someone or touched a dead body must purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day, both you and your captives.

  • Num 35:24
    68%

    24then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

  • Deut 3:19
    67%

    19'But your wives, children, and livestock—I know you have much livestock—may stay in the towns I have given you.'