Numbers 35:11

New International Version

select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.

Joshua 20:2

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Numbers 35:6

“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

Deuteronomy 4:42

to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.

Leviticus 4:2

“Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands—

Leviticus 4:22

“ ‘When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt

Numbers 35:15

These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.