Numbers 35:6

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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.

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  • Josh 21:3 : 3 So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.
  • Josh 21:13 : 13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,
  • Josh 21:21 : 21 They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
  • Josh 21:27 : 27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities;
  • Josh 21:32 : 32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of three cities.
  • Josh 21:36 : 36 from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,
  • Josh 21:38 : 38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,
  • Ps 9:9 : 9 Consequently the LORD provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
  • Ps 62:7-8 : 7 God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter. 8 Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter!(Selah)
  • Ps 142:4-5 : 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life. 5 I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”
  • Isa 4:6 : 6 By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
  • Num 35:13-14 : 13 These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge. 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.
  • Deut 4:41-43 : 41 The Narrative Concerning Cities of Refuge Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east. 42 Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe. 43 These cities are Bezer, in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.
  • 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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  • Num 35:11-15
    5 verses
    91%

    11 you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

    12 And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

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

    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.

  • Num 35:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7 “So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

    8 The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

    9 The Cities of Refuge Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Deut 4:42-43
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Josh 20:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Num 35:24-29
    6 verses
    76%

    24 then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

    25 The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

    26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

    27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

    28 because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

    29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

  • Num 35:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1 The Levitical Cities Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

    2 “Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

    3 Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

    4 The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall.

    5 “You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns.

  • Deut 19:2-7
    6 verses
    74%

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

    3 You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

    4 Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident.

    5 Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.

    6 Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

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

  • 1 Chr 6:64-65
    2 verses
    73%

    64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

    65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

  • Num 35:32
    73%

    32 And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

  • 1 Chr 6:67
    73%

    67 They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands(in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

  • 1 Chr 6:56-57
    2 verses
    73%

    56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

    57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

  • Josh 20:9
    73%

    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.

  • Josh 21:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41 The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

    42 Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

  • Josh 21:32
    72%

    32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of three cities.

  • Josh 21:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

    27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of two cities;

  • Josh 21:13
    71%

    13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

  • Josh 20:6
    71%

    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.”

  • Josh 21:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

    22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    68%

    61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 21:38
    68%

    38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

  • Deut 21:2
    68%

    2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

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