2 three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee,––in the midst of thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:2 Cross References - Rotherham
Exodus 21:13
13 But, he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.
Numbers 35:10-15
10 Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,––When ye are passing over the Jordan, unto the land of Canaan,
11 then shall ye find for you, convenient cities, cities of refuge, shall they be unto you,––and the manslayer, who hath slain a person, by mistake, shall flee thither.
12 So shall the cities serve you for places of refuge from the redeemer,––that the manslayer may not die, until he has stood before the assembly, for judgment.
13 And, as touching the cities which ye shall give, six cities of refuge, shall there be unto you.
14 Three of the cities, shall ye give, on this side the Jordan, and, three of the cities, shall ye give in the land of Canaan,––cities of refuge, shall they be.
15 For the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner, and for the settler in your midst, shall these six cities serve, as places of refuge,––that any one may flee thither who hath slain a person, by mistake.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
41 Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan,––towards the rising of the sun:
42 that the manslayer might flee thither, who should slay his neighbour, unawares, he, not having hated him, aforetime,––and might flee unto one of these cities, and live:
43 namely Bezer, in the desert of the table–land, for the Reubenites,––and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
Joshua 20:2-7
2 Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––Set out for you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you, by the hand of Moses:
3 that the manslayer who slayeth a person by mistake, unwittingly, may flee thither,––so shall they be unto you for refuge from the blood–redeemer,
4 and he shall flee unto one of these cities and present himself at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall speak, in the ears of the elders of that city, his defence,––and they shall take him for protection into the city unto them, and shall give him a place, so shall he dwell with them.
5 And, when the blood–redeemer pursueth after him, then shall they not deliver up the manslayer, into his hand,––because, unwittingly, it was that he slew his neighbour, and had not been, cherishing hatred, towards him, aforetime;
6 so shall he remain in that city, until he standeth before the assembly, for judgment, until the death of the high–priest who shall be in those days,––then, shall the manslayer return, and enter into his own city, and into his own house, within the city from whence he fled.
7 So then they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath–arba, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
7 So then they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath–arba, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
Hebrews 6:18
18 In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore–lying hope,