Numbers 35:11
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 21:13And if a man lie not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he may flee.
Numbers 35:22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,
Deuteronomy 19:1When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou dost succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their 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 →