Numbers 35:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘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.

Cross References

Joshua 21:13

They gave to the descendants of the priest Aaron: Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

Joshua 21:38

From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:36

From the tribe of Reuben they gave: Bezer  with its pasturelands, Jahzah  with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:32

From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands #– #three cities.

Joshua 21:27

From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon,  who were one of the Levite clans: Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands #– #two cities.

Joshua 21:21

The Israelites gave them: Shechem,  the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Matthew 11:28

‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Isaiah 4:6

and there will be a shelter for shade from heat by day and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.

Numbers 35:5

Measure a kilometre  outside the city for the east side, a kilometre for the south side, a kilometre for the west side, and a kilometre for the north side, with the city in the centre. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.

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.