Deuteronomy 4:41

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The Narrative Concerning Cities of Refuge Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.

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  • Num 35:6 : 6 Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.
  • Num 35:14-15 : 14 “You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge. 15 These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the resident foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.
  • Josh 20:2-9 : 2 “Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses. 3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. 4 The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. 5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. 6 He must remain in that city until his case is decided by the assembly and the high priest dies. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” 7 So they selected 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. 8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the wilderness on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

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    2you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession.

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    7Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

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    13These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

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  • Num 34:15-16
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    15The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

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    42Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

    43These cities are Bezer, in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.

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    32These are the land assignments made by Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

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    9and then you are careful to observe all these commandments I am giving you today(namely, to love the LORD your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities to these three.

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    46in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.(It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.

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    5So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:

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    1Israel Designates Cities of Refuge The LORD instructed Joshua:

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    13These are the commandments and the decisions that the LORD commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, in the rift valley plains by Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

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    39Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.

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    27Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

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    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

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    49including all the rift valley of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the rift valley, beneath the slopes of Pisgah.)

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    14Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them

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    3So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.

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    15This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

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    29So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor.

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    40Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”

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    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    6Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.