Numbers 35:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns.

Cross References

Psalm 9:9

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

Exodus 21:13

If it was not premeditated but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.

Isaiah 4:6

It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Numbers 35:5

You shall measure, outside the town, for the east side two thousand cubits, for the south side two thousand cubits, for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, with the town in the middle; this shall belong to them as pastureland for their towns.

Matthew 11:28

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

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Joshua 21:13

To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:21

To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:27

To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two towns.

Joshua 21:3

So by command of the Lord the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

Joshua 21:32

Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three towns.

Joshua 21:36

Out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:38

Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,