Numbers 35:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There are to be six of these Safe Towns,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:57

So Aaron's descendants received the following Safe Towns and the pasture land around them: Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth-Shemesh.

Numbers 35:12

If the victim's relatives think it was murder, they might try to take revenge. Anyone accused of murder can run to one of these Safe Towns for protection and not be killed before a trial is held.

Numbers 35:14

three on each side of the River Jordan.

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 forty-two other towns,

Joshua 20:9

These Safe Towns were set up, so that if Israelites or even foreigners who lived in Israel accidentally killed someone, they could run to one of these towns. There they would be safe until a trial could be held, even if one of the victim's relatives came looking for revenge.