Numbers 35:12

American King James Version (1999)

And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the earth.

Numbers 35:13

And of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge.

Numbers 35:19

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

Deuteronomy 19:4

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Deuteronomy 19:6

Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Joshua 20:2

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

Joshua 20:9

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojournes among them, that whoever kills any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.