Numbers 35:11

New Living Translation

designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.

Leviticus 4:2

“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.

Leviticus 4:22

“If one of Israel’s leaders sins by violating one of the commands of the Lord his God but doesn’t realize it, he is still guilty.

Numbers 35:15

These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.

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 4:42

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

Joshua 20:2

“Now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed Moses.