Numbers 35:11

New Century Version

you must choose cities to be cities of safety, so that a person who accidentally kills someone may run to them for safety.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if a person kills someone accidentally, God allowed that to happen, so the person must go to a place I will choose.

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the people of Israel this: ‘When a person sins by accident and does some things the Lord has commanded not to be done, that person must do these things:

Leviticus 4:22

“ ‘If a ruler sins by accident and does something the Lord his God has commanded must not be done, he is guilty.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will be places of safety for citizens of Israel, as well as for foreigners and other people living with you. Any of these people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of these cities.

Numbers 35:6

“Six of the cities you give the Levites will be cities of safety. A person who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities for safety. You must also give forty-two other cities to the Levites;

Deuteronomy 4:42

where a person who accidentally killed someone could go. If the person was not killed because of hatred, the murderer’s life could be saved by running to one of these cities.

Joshua 20:2

“Tell the Israelites to choose the special cities of safety, as I had Moses command you to do.