Numbers 35:11

And you⌃ shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has + 35:11 Gr. struck a life. killed another unintentionally.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You⌃ are to cross over Jordan into the land of Chanaan.

12And the cities shall be to you places of refuge from + 35:12 Gr. him that as kinsman represents the blood. the avenger of blood, and the slayer shall not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:13But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.

Numbers 35:22But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast + 35:22 Gr. any vessel or weapon. any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,

Deuteronomy 19:1And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, even the land, and you⌃ shall inherit 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 →

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