Numbers 35:15

For sons of Israel, and for a sojourner, and for a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing there of anyone striking a person through ignorance.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

In Context

14three of the cities you give from beyond the Jordan, and three of the cities you give in the land of Canaan; they are cities of refuge.

16And if he has struck him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

Read all of Numbers 35

Cross References

Exodus 12:49one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.”

Numbers 15:16one law and one ordinance is for you and for the sojourner who is sojourning with you.”

Galatians 3:28there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus;

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 35:15