Numbers 35:11
then ye shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Cross References
Exodus 21:13And if a man does not lay in wait, but God delivers [him] into his hand, then I will appoint for thee a place where he shall flee.
Numbers 35:22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without laying in wait,
Deuteronomy 19:1When LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land LORD thy God gives thee, and thou succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →