Numbers 35:11

discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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,

12And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:13But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee.

Numbers 35:22But if by chance, and without hatred

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 →

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