Numbers 35:15

It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a place of refuge, for every one to flee thither who has killed a man unintentionally.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

14Ye shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and ye shall assign three cities in the land of Canaan.

16And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:49There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming among you.

Numbers 15:16There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you.

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 →

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