Verse 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}
Referenced Verses
- Josh 21:3 : 3 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414} unto the Levites{H3881} out of their inheritance,{H5159} according to the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} these cities{H5892} with their suburbs.{H4054}
- Josh 21:13 : 13 And unto the children{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548} they gave{H5414} Hebron{H2275} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Libnah{H3841} with its suburbs,{H4054}
- Josh 21:21 : 21 And they gave{H5414} them Shechem{H7927} with its suburbs{H4054} in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Gezer{H1507} with its suburbs,{H4054}
- Josh 21:27 : 27 And unto the children{H1121} of Gershon,{H1648} of the families{H4940} of the Levites,{H3881} out of the {H2677} half-tribe{H4294} of Manasseh{H4519} [they gave] Golan{H1474} in Bashan{H1316} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Be-eshterah{H1203} with its suburbs;{H4054} two{H8147} cities.{H5892}
- Josh 21:32 : 32 And out of the tribe{H4294} of Naphtali,{H5321} Kedesh{H6943} in Galilee{H1551} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Hammoth-dor{H2576} with its suburbs,{H4054} and Kartan{H7178} with its suburbs;{H4054} three{H7969} cities.{H5892}
- Josh 21:36 : 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben,{H7205} Bezer{H1221} with its suburbs, and Jahaz{H3096} with its suburbs,
- Josh 21:38 : 38 And out of the tribe{H4294} of Gad,{H1410} Ramoth{H7433} in Gilead{H1568} with its suburbs,{H4054} the city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for the manslayer,{H7523} and Mahanaim{H4266} with its suburbs,{H4054}
- Ps 9:9 : 9 Jehovah{H3068} also will be a high tower{H4869} for the oppressed,{H1790} A high tower{H4869} in times{H6256} of trouble;{H6869}
- Ps 62:7-8 : 7 With God{H430} is my salvation{H3468} and my glory:{H3519} The rock{H6697} of my strength,{H5797} and my refuge,{H4268} is in God.{H430} 8 Trust{H982} in him at all times,{H6256} ye people;{H5971} Pour out{H8210} your heart{H3824} before{H6440} him: God{H430} is a refuge{H4268} for us. {H5542}
- Ps 142:4-5 : 4 Look{H5027} on [my] right hand,{H3225} and see;{H7200} For there is no man that knoweth{H5234} me: Refuge{H4498} hath failed{H6} me; No man careth{H1875} for my soul.{H5315} 5 I cried{H2199} unto thee, O Jehovah;{H3068} I said,{H559} Thou art my refuge,{H4268} My portion{H2506} in the land{H776} of the living.{H2416}
- Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion{H5521} for a shade{H6738} in the day-time{H3119} from the heat,{H2721} and for a refuge{H4268} and for a covert{H4563} from storm{H2230} and from rain.{H4306}
- Matt 11:28 : 28 Come{G1205} unto{G4314} me,{G3165} all{G3956} ye that labor{G2872} and{G2532} are heavy laden,{G5412} and I{G2504} will give{G373} you{G5209} rest.{G373}
- Heb 6:18 : 18 that{G2443} by{G1223} two{G1417} immutable{G276} things,{G4229} in{G1722} which{G3739} it is impossible{G102} for God{G2316} to lie,{G5574} we may have{G2192} a{G3874} strong{G2478} encouragement,{G3874} who have fled for refuge{G2703} to lay hold{G2902} of the hope{G1680} set before us:{G4295}
- Num 35:13-14 : 13 And the cities{H5892} which ye shall give{H5414} shall be for you six{H8337} cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733} 14 Ye shall give{H5414} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} and three{H7969} cities{H5892} shall ye give{H5414} in the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} they shall be cities{H5892} of refuge.{H4733}
- Deut 4:41-43 : 41 Then Moses{H4872} set apart{H914} three{H7969} cities{H5892} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} toward the sunrising;{H8121} 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} 43 [ namely], Bezer{H1221} in the wilderness,{H4057} in the plain{H4334} country,{H776} for the Reubenites;{H7206} and Ramoth{H7216} in Gilead,{H1568} for the Gadites;{H1425} and Golan{H1474} in Bashan,{H1316} for the Manassites.{H4520}
- Josh 20:2-9 : 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} 3 that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} [and] unawares{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350} of blood.{H1818} 4 And he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of those cities,{H5892} and shall stand{H5975} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city,{H5892} and declare{H1696} his cause{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the elders{H2205} of that city;{H5892} and they shall take{H622} him into the city{H5892} unto them, and give{H5414} him a place,{H4725} that he may dwell{H3427} among them. 5 And if the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} after{H310} him, then they shall not deliver{H5462} up the manslayer{H7523} into his hand;{H3027} because he smote{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not beforetime.{H8543} 6 And he shall dwell{H3427} in that city,{H5892} until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment,{H4941} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} that{H834} shall be in those days:{H3117} then shall the manslayer{H7523} return,{H7725} and come{H935} unto his own city,{H5892} and unto his own house,{H1004} unto the city{H5892} from whence he fled.{H5127} 7 And they set apart{H6942} Kedesh{H6943} in Galilee{H1551} in the hill-country{H2022} of Naphtali,{H5321} and Shechem{H7927} in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} and Kiriath-arba{H7153} (the same is Hebron){H2275} in the hill-country{H2022} of Judah.{H3063} 8 And beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} at Jericho{H3405} eastward,{H4217} they assigned{H5414} Bezer{H1221} in the wilderness{H4057} in the plain{H4334} out of the tribe{H4294} of Reuben,{H7205} and Ramoth{H7216} in Gilead{H1568} out of the tribe{H4294} of Gad,{H1410} and Golan{H1474} in Bashan{H1316} out of the tribe{H4294} of Manasseh.{H4519} 9 These were the appointed{H4152} cities{H5892} for all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and for the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} them, that whosoever killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} might flee{H5127} thither, and not die{H4191} by the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} until he stood{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation.{H5712}