Numbers 35:6 Cross References

Numbers 35:6

6: "You must give the Levites six cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

Joshua 21:3

  1. So by the command of the LORD the Levites were given as their inheritance the following towns with their pasturelands.

Joshua 21:13

  1. The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,

Joshua 21:21

  1. Shechem (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,

Joshua 21:36

  1. From the tribe of Reuben they received Bezer, Jahaz,

Psalms 9:9

  1. The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Joshua 21:38

  1. From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge), Mahanaim,

Joshua 21:32

  1. From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan--three towns with their pasturelands.

Joshua 21:27

  1. The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received two towns with their pasturelands from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge) and Be-eshterah.

Isaiah 4:6

  1. It will be a shelter from daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain.

Joshua 20:2

  1. "Now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed Moses.
  2. Anyone who kills another person unintentionally can run to one of these cities and be protected from the relatives of the one who was killed, for the relatives may seek to avenge the killing.
  3. "Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the accidental death will appear before the leaders at the city gate and explain what happened. They must allow the accused to enter the city and live there among them.
  4. If the relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing, the leaders must not release the accused to them, for the death was accidental.
  5. But the person who caused the death must stay in that city and be tried by the community and found innocent. Then the one declared innocent because the death was accidental must continue to live in that city until the death of the high priest who was in office at the time of the accident. After that, the one found innocent is free to return home."

Numbers 35:13

  1. Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,
  2. three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.

Psalms 62:7

  1. My salvation and my honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
  2. O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.

Matthew 11:28

  1. Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Psalms 142:4

  1. I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.
  2. Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, "You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.

Hebrews 6:18

  1. So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to his promise with confidence.

Deuteronomy 4:41

  1. Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River,
  2. where anyone who had accidentally killed someone without having any previous hostility could flee for safety.
  3. These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
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