Joshua 20:2
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Assign sanctuary towns, as I instructed you through Moses.
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Numbers 35:6Six of the towns you give the Levites are to be sanctuary towns, where a person who kills someone can run for protection. As well as these towns, give the Levites forty-two more.
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses assigned three sanctuary towns to the east of the Jordan
Romans 8:1So there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 6:18So by these two actions that can't be changed, and since it's impossible for God to lie, we can have total confidence, having run for safety to take hold of the hope God presented to us.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:2-7
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that… Read the whole commentary →