Numbers 35:6

New International Version

“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.

Cross References

Joshua 21:13

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

Joshua 21:3

So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

Psalm 9:9

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

Joshua 21:38

from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

Joshua 21:36

from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz,

Joshua 21:32

from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

Joshua 21:27

The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

Joshua 21:21

In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,

Hebrews 6:18

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Isaiah 4:6

It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Numbers 35:5

Outside the town, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west and two thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

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.