Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will. ye shall appoint. Numbers 35:6 And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities, Joshua 20:2 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: unawares. Numbers 35:22,23 But if by chance medley, and without hatred, . . . Exodus 21:13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. Deuteronomy 4:42 That any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was not his enemy a day or two before, and that he might escape to some one of these cities: Deuteronomy 19:4,5 This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before: . . . Context Six Cities of Refuge…10Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan, 11Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.12And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.… Cross References Exodus 21:13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. Leviticus 4:2 Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done: Leviticus 4:22 If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth, Numbers 35:15 As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will. Numbers 35:22 But if by chance medley, and without hatred, Deuteronomy 19:1 When the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee, and thou shalt possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities and houses thereof: Joshua 20:2 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: Lexicon designateוְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם (wə·hiq·rî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers cities עָרִ֔ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement to serve as תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה (tih·ye·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew cities עָרֵ֥י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement of refuge, מִקְלָ֖ט (miq·lāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4733: Refuge, asylum so that a person רֹצֵ֔חַ (rō·ṣê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder who kills מַכֵּה־ (mak·kêh-) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike someone נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion unintentionally בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃ (biš·ḡā·ḡāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression may flee וְנָ֥ס (wə·nās) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away there. שָׁ֙מָּה֙ (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither Additional Translations designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which kills any person at unawares. then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has killed another unintentionally. then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally. then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, who killeth any person at unawares. then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares, Jump to Previous Accidentally Appoint Cities Error Intent Killed Killeth Kills Manslayer Marked Places Refuge Safe Select Slayer Someone Thither Towns Unawares Unintentionally Unwittingly YourselvesJump to Next Accidentally Appoint Cities Error Intent Killed Killeth Kills Manslayer Marked Places Refuge Safe Select Slayer Someone Thither Towns Unawares Unintentionally Unwittingly YourselvesExternal Links Numbers 35:11 NIVNumbers 35:11 NLT Numbers 35:11 ESV Numbers 35:11 NASB Numbers 35:11 ASV Numbers 35:11 Bible Apps Numbers 35:11 Biblia Paralela Numbers 35:11 Chinese Bible Numbers 35:11 French Bible Numbers 35:11 German Bible Alphabetical: a accidentally any be cities flee for has killed manslayer may of person refuge select shall some someone that the then there to towns unintentionally which who you your yourselves OT Law: Numbers 35:11 Then you shall appoint you cities (Nu Num.) 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