Numbers 35:11 Cross References

Numbers 35:11

11: designate cities of refuge for people to flee to if they have killed someone accidentally.

Exodus 21:13

  1. But if it is an accident and God allows it to happen, I will appoint a place where the slayer can run for safety.

Joshua 20:2

  1. "Now tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed Moses.

Deuteronomy 19:1

  1. "The LORD your God will soon destroy the nations whose land he is giving you, and you will displace them and settle in their towns and homes.
  2. Then you must set apart three cities of refuge in the land the LORD your God is giving you to occupy.
  3. Divide the land the LORD your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Keep the roads to these cities in good repair so that anyone who has killed someone can flee there for safety.
  4. "If someone accidentally kills a neighbor without harboring any previous hatred, the slayer may flee to any of these cities and be safe.
  5. For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer could flee to one of the cities of refuge and be safe.

Numbers 35:6

  1. "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.

Deuteronomy 4:42

  1. where anyone who had accidentally killed someone without having any previous hostility could flee for safety.

Numbers 35:22

  1. " `But suppose someone pushes another person without premeditated hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,
  2. or accidentally drops a stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.
  3. If this should happen, the assembly must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim's nearest relative.
  4. They must protect the slayer from the avenger, and they must send the slayer back to live in a city of refuge until the death of the high priest.
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