Deuteronomy 4:42

New Living Translation

Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

Cross References

Numbers 35:6

“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.

Deuteronomy 4:43

These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.

Hebrews 6:18

So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.