Numbers 35:6

Good News Translation

You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. In addition, give them forty-two other cities

Cross References

Psalm 9:9

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.

Exodus 21:13

But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

Isaiah 4:6

His glory will shade the city from the heat of the day and make it a place of safety, sheltered from the rain and storm.

Numbers 35:5

so that there is a square area measuring one thousand yards on each side, with the city in the middle.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 6:18

There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.

Joshua 21:13

In addition to Hebron (one of the cities of refuge), the following cities were assigned to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Libnah,

Joshua 21:21

They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer,

Joshua 21:27

Another group of Levites, the clan of Gershon, received from the territory of East Manasseh two cities: Golan in Bashan (one of the cities of refuge) and Beeshterah, with their pasture lands.

Joshua 21:3

So in accordance with the Lord's command the people of Israel gave the Levites certain cities and pasture lands out of their own territories.

Joshua 21:32

From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pasture lands.

Joshua 21:36

From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz,

Joshua 21:38

From the tribe of Gad they received four cities: Ramoth in Gilead, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Mahanaim,