THEOSISNumbers 35:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.
וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם לָכֶם֙ עָרִ֔ים עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָ֥ס שָׁ֙מָּה֙ רֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה־נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 21:13But 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.
- Josh 20:2Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
- Num 35:6And 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,
- Num 35:22But if by chance medley, and without hatred,
- Num 35:25The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.
- Deut 4:42That 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:
- Deut 19:1When 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:
- Deut 19:13Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.