Numbers 35:13; Deuteronomy 4:41–42; Joshua 20:2; Joshua 20:7–8; Joshua 21:3; Joshua 21:13; Joshua 21:21; Joshua 21:27; Joshua 21:32; Joshua 21:36; Joshua 21:38

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Numbers 35:13

13 And the cities that you give shall be your asix cities of refuge.


Deuteronomy 4:41–42

Cities of Refuge

41 Then Moses mset apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that nthe manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:


Joshua 20:2

Say to the people of Israel, jAppoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,


Joshua 20:7–8

So they set apart mKedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and nShechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and oKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) pin the hill country of Judah. And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed qBezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and rRamoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and sGolan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.


Joshua 21:3

So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.


Joshua 21:13

13 And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, hthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, iLibnah with its pasturelands,


Joshua 21:21

21 To them were given Shechem, lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,


Joshua 21:27

27 mAnd to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelandstwo cities;


Joshua 21:32

32 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelandsthree cities.


Joshua 21:36

36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, oBezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,


Joshua 21:38

38 and out of the tribe of Gad, oRamoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, pMahanaim with its pasturelands,