Numbers 35:15

Easy To Read Version

Those cities will be places of safety for citizens of Israel, and for foreigners and travelers. Any of those people will be able to run to one of those cities if he accidentally kills someone.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!

Exodus 12:49

The same rules are for everyone. It does not matter if a person is a citizen or a non-Israelite living in your country—the same rules are for everyone.”

Leviticus 24:22

“The law will be {fair}—it will be the same for foreigners and for people from your own country. Why? Because I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the people of Israel: If any person sins by accident and does any of the things the Lord said must not be done, then that person must do these things:

Numbers 15:16

This means that you must follow the same laws and the same rules. Those laws and rules are for you people of Israel and for the other people who are living among you.”

Numbers 35:11

You must choose towns to be cities of safety. If a person accidentally kills another person, then that person can run to one of those cities for safety.

Romans 3:29

A person is a true Jew only if he is a Jew inside. True circumcision is done in the heart. It is done by the Spirit, {\cf2\super [24]} not by the written law. And a person that is circumcised in the heart by the Spirit gets praise from God, not from people.