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Exodus 21:13
But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.
Exodus 21:14
But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.
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 35:11-14
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you are to choose cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally.
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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.
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Choose six cities,
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three east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
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Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan River
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to which a man could escape and be safe if he had accidentally killed someone who had not been his enemy. He could escape to one of these cities and not be put to death.
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For the tribe of Reuben there was the city of Bezer, on the desert plateau; for the tribe of Gad there was Ramoth, in the territory of Gilead; and for the tribe of Manasseh there was Golan, in the territory of Bashan.
Deuteronomy 19:2-13
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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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(SEE 19:2)
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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.
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"But suppose you deliberately murder your enemy in cold blood and then escape to one of those cities for protection.
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In that case, the leaders of your own town are to send for you and hand you over to the relative responsible for taking revenge for the murder, so that you may be put to death.
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No mercy will be shown to you. Israel must rid itself of murderers, so that all will go well.
Romans 8:1
There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:33
Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!
Romans 8:34
Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!
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.
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary.
your refuge
Numbers 35:15-24
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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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(SEE 35:16)
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(SEE 35:16)
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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.