Numbers 35:11

then you must choose cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, a place to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

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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

10“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

12These cities must be your refuge from the avenger, so that the accused man will not be killed without first standing trial before the community.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:13If the man did not do it with premeditation, but instead by accident, then I will fix a place to where he can flee.

Numbers 35:22But if an accused man suddenly hits a victim without premeditated hate or throws something that hits the victim without lying in wait

Deuteronomy 19:1When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you, and when you come after them and live in their cities and 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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