Verse 11

Then ye shall appoint{H7136}{(H8689)} you cities{H5892} to be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for you; that the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} may flee{H5127}{(H8804)} thither, which killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315} at unawares{H7684}.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:13 : 13 And if a man lie not in wait{H6658}{(H8804)}, but God{H430} deliver{H579}{(H8765)} him into his hand{H3027}; then I will appoint{H7760}{(H8804)} thee a place{H4725} whither he shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)}.
  • Josh 20:2 : 2 Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} to the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Appoint out{H5414}{(H8798)} for you cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733}, whereof I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto you by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}:
  • Num 35:6 : 6 And among the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414}{(H8799)} unto the Levites{H3881} there shall be six{H8337} cities{H5892} for refuge{H4733}, which ye shall appoint{H5414}{(H8799)} for the manslayer{H7523}{(H8802)}, that he may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither: and to them ye shall add{H5414}{(H8799)} forty{H705} and two{H8147} cities{H5892}.
  • Num 35:22-25 : 22 But if he thrust{H1920}{(H8804)} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity{H342}, or have cast{H7993}{(H8689)} upon him any thing{H3627} without laying of wait{H6660}, 23 Or with any stone{H68}, wherewith a man may die{H4191}{(H8799)}, seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} him not{H3808}, and cast{H5307}{(H8686)} it upon him, that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, and was not his enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, neither sought{H1245}{(H8764)} his harm{H7451}: 24 Then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} between the slayer{H5221}{(H8688)} and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} according to these judgments{H4941}: 25 And the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} out of the hand{H3027} of the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725}{(H8689)} him to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, whither he was fled{H5127}{(H8804)}: and he shall abide{H3427}{(H8804)} in it unto the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, which was anointed{H4886}{(H8804)} with the holy{H6944} oil{H8081}.
  • Deut 4:42 : 42 That the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} might flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither, which should kill{H7523}{(H8799)} his neighbour{H7453} unawares{H1097}{H1847}, and hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in times{H8543} past{H8032}; and that fleeing{H5127}{(H8804)} unto one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892} he might live{H2425}{(H8804)}:
  • Deut 19:1-9 : 1 When the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath cut off{H3772}{(H8686)} the nations{H1471}, whose land{H776} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, and thou succeedest{H3423}{(H8804)} them, and dwellest{H3427}{(H8804)} in their cities{H5892}, and in their houses{H1004}; 2 Thou shalt separate{H914}{(H8686)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee in the midst{H8432} of thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it. 3 Thou shalt prepare{H3559}{(H8686)} thee a way{H1870}, and divide the coasts{H1366} of thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth thee to inherit{H5157}{(H8686)}, into three parts{H8027}{(H8765)}, that every slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither. 4 And this is the case{H1697} of the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}, which shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} thither, that he may live{H2425}{(H8804)}: Whoso killeth{H5221}{(H8686)} his neighbour{H7453} ignorantly{H1097}{H1847}, whom he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} not in time{H8543} past{H8032}; 5 As when a man goeth{H935}{(H8799)} into the wood{H3293} with his neighbour{H7453} to hew{H2404}{(H8800)} wood{H6086}, and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080}{(H8738)} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772}{(H8800)} the tree{H6086}, and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394}{(H8804)} from the helve{H6086}, and lighteth{H4672}{(H8804)} upon his neighbour{H7453}, that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}; he shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} unto one{H259} of those cities{H5892}, and live{H2425}{(H8804)}: 6 Lest the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of the blood{H1818}{(H8676)} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} the slayer{H310}{H7523}{(H8802)}, while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot{H3179}{(H8799)}, and overtake{H5381}{(H8689)} him, because the way{H1870} is long{H7235}{(H8799)}, and slay{H5221}{(H8689)} him{H5315}; whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death{H4194}, inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in time{H8543} past{H8032}. 7 Wherefore I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt separate{H914}{(H8686)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee. 8 And if the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} enlarge{H7337}{(H8686)} thy coast{H1366}, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee all the land{H776} which he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} unto thy fathers{H1}; 9 If thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} all these commandments{H4687} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them, which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} ever{H3117} in his ways{H1870}; then shalt thou add{H3254}{(H8804)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, beside these three{H7969}: 10 That innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210}{(H8735)} in{H7130} thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}, and so blood{H1818} be upon thee. 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130}{(H8802)} his neighbour{H7453}, and lie in wait{H693}{(H8804)} for him, and rise up{H6965}{(H8804)} against him, and smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him mortally{H5315} that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}, and fleeth{H5127}{(H8804)} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892}: 12 Then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971}{(H8804)} and fetch{H3947}{(H8804)} him thence, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, that he may die{H4191}{(H8804)}. 13 Thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347}{(H8799)} him, but thou shalt put away{H1197}{(H8765)} the guilt of innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} from Israel{H3478}, that it may go well{H2895}{(H8804)} with thee.