Numbers 35:13

And of those cities that you give you shall have six cities of refuge:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

In Context

12And they shall be for you cities of refuge from the avenger of blood, that the slayer may not die until he hath stood before the congregation for judgment.

14Three cities you shall give beyond Jordan, and three cities in the land of Kenaan; cities of refuge shall they be.

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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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