Numbers 35:10
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When you cross over the Jordan into Canaan,
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11choose towns as your sanctuary towns, so a person who kills someone by mistake may run there.
Cross References
Leviticus 14:34“When you get to Canaan, the land I'm giving you to own, if I put some mold into a house there and contaminate it,
Numbers 34:2“Give this command to the Israelites: When you enter the country of Canaan, it will be allocated to you to own with the following boundaries:
Deuteronomy 19:1After the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he's giving you, and after you have driven them out and settled in their cities and 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 →