Numbers 35:6
Six 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.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7The total number of towns you are to give the Levites is forty-eight, along with their pastures.
Cross References
Numbers 35:13The towns you choose will be your six sanctuary towns.
Joshua 20:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Assign sanctuary towns, as I instructed you through Moses.
Joshua 21:13They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest the following towns and their pastures: Hebron (a sanctuary town for those who accidentally committed murder), Libnah,
Joshua 21:27The families of the descendants of Gershon from the tribe of Levi received the following two towns and their pastures from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a sanctuary town for those who accidentally committed murder), and Be-eshterah.
Joshua 21:36From the tribe of Reuben the following four towns and their pastures: Bezer, Jahaz,
Psalms 9:9The Lord is a place of safety for those who are oppressed, a fortress in times of trouble.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:2-9
The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye… Read the whole commentary →