Numbers 35:12

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall put out my burning coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband either name or anything remaining upon the earth.

Numbers 35:13

And of these cities which you shall give, six cities shall you have for refuge.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

Deuteronomy 19:4

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor ignorantly, whom he did not hate in time past;

Deuteronomy 19:6

So that the avenger of the blood does not pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; whereas he was not worthy of death, because he did not hate him in time past.

Joshua 20:2

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Select for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

Joshua 20:9

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unexpectedly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.