Bible Cross References
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 19:1-10
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"After the LORD your God has destroyed the people whose land he is giving you and after you have taken their cities and houses and settled there,
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divide the territory into three parts, each with a city that can be easily reached. Then any of you that kill will be able to escape to one of them for protection.
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If you accidentally kill someone who is not your enemy, you may escape to any of these cities and be safe.
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For example, if two of you go into the forest together to cut wood and if, as one of you is chopping down a tree, the ax head comes off the handle and kills the other, you can run to one of those three cities and be safe.
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If there were only one city, the distance to it might be too great, and the relative who is responsible for taking revenge for the killing might catch you and angrily kill an innocent person. After all, it was by accident that you killed someone who was not your enemy.
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This is why I order you to set aside three cities.
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"When the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he told your ancestors he would, and gives you all the land he has promised,
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then you are to select three more cities. (He will give you this land if you do everything that I command you today and if you love the LORD your God and live according to his teachings.)
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Do this, so that innocent people will not die and so that you will not be guilty of putting them to death in the land that the LORD is giving you.
Numbers 35:6
You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. In addition, give them forty-two other cities
Numbers 35:11
you are to choose cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally.
Numbers 35:12
There you will be safe from the dead person's relative who seeks revenge. No one accused of manslaughter is to be put to death without a public trial.
Numbers 35:15-28
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These will serve as cities of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners who are temporary or permanent residents. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can escape to one of them.
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"If, however, any of you use a weapon of iron or stone or wood to kill someone, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death.
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The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.
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"If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him
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or by striking him with your fist, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death. The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.
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"But suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him.
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Or suppose that, without looking, you throw a stone that kills someone whom you did not intend to hurt and who was not your enemy.
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In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.
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You are guilty only of manslaughter, and the community is to rescue you from the dead person's relative, and they are to return you to the city of refuge to which you had escaped. You must live there until the death of the man who is then High Priest.
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If you leave the city of refuge to which you have escaped
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and if the dead person's relative finds you and kills you, this act of revenge is not murder.
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Any of you guilty of manslaughter must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest, but after that you may return home.
Hebrews 6:18
There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.