Numbers 35:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if he did not intend any harm,  and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

Joshua 20:2

‘Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Numbers 35:6

‘The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge,  which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.

Deuteronomy 4:42

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbour accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

Leviticus 4:2

‘Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally  against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them –

Leviticus 4:22

‘When a leader  , sins and unintentionally violates any of the commands of the Lord his God by doing what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.