Numbers 35:11

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choose Safe Towns, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can run for protection.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.

Joshua 20:2

When Moses was still alive, I commanded him to tell the Israelites about the Safe Towns. Now you tell them that it is time to set up these towns.

Numbers 35:6

Six of the towns you give them will be Safe Towns where a person who has accidentally killed someone can run for protection. But you will also give the Levites 42 other towns,

Leviticus 4:2

to say to the community of Israel: Offer a sacrifice to ask forgiveness when you sin by accidentally doing something I have told you not to do.

Leviticus 4:22

Any tribal leader who disobeys me without knowing it is still guilty.

Numbers 35:15

They will be places of protection for anyone who lives in Israel and accidentally kills someone.