Numbers 35:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.”
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“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And the cities which ye give to the Levites <FI>are<Fi> the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 35:6 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- Numbers 35:13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
- Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
- Joshua 20:2“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
- Joshua 21:3So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
- Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- Joshua 21:21From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- Joshua 21:27This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:32And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:36From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
- Joshua 21:38And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- Psalms 9:9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
- Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Isaiah 4:6a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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