Numbers 35:10
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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11discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly.
Cross References
Leviticus 14:34When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, which I will give to you as a possession, if there is the mark of leprosy in a building,
Numbers 34:2“Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, and it has fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bound by these limits:
Deuteronomy 19:1“When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,
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 →