Numbers 35:6

Cities For The Levites

⁵ Measure 1,000 yards outside the city for the east side, 1,000 yards for the south side, 1,000 yards for the west side, and 1,000 yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities. ⁶ “The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities. ⁷ The total number of cities you give the Levites will be 48, along with their pasturelands.

Cities of Refuge

Descendants Of Levi

Levi

Levites

Joshua 21:3

So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

Joshua 21:13

They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest:

Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:21

The Israelites gave them:

Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:27

From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans:

Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities.

Joshua 21:32

From the tribe of Naphtali they gave:

Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

Joshua 21:36

From the tribe of Reuben they gave:

Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:38

From the tribe of Gad they gave:

Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

Numbers 35:13-14

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Deuteronomy 4:41-43

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

Joshua 20:2-9

“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

Psalm 9:9

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

Psalm 62:7-8

My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.

Psalm 142:4-5

Look to the right and see:
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.

Isaiah 4:6

and there will be a booth for shade from heat by day, and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.