Numbers 35:11

God's Word

select certain cities to be places of refuge. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may run to them.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

If it wasn’t done intentionally, but God let it happen, the killer should flee to a place I will set aside for you.

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the Israelites: If a person unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the Lord’s commands—this is what he must do.

Leviticus 4:22

“When a leader unintentionally does something wrong—even one thing that is forbidden by any of the commands of the Lord his God—he will be guilty.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities.

Numbers 35:6

“Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of refuge. You must allow murderers to escape to these cities. In addition, you must also give the Levites 42 other cities.

Deuteronomy 4:42

Those who unintentionally killed someone whom they had never hated could flee to one of these cities and save their lives.

Joshua 20:2

“Tell the people of Israel, ‘Now choose for yourselves the cities of refuge about which I spoke to you through Moses.