Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Ye shall appoint

General references

Bible References

Ye shall appoint

Numbers 35:6
The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
Joshua 20:2
“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

Unawares

Numbers 35:22
But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,
Exodus 21:13
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.
Deuteronomy 4:42
that a manslayer might flee there, who unintentionally slew his neighbor without having enmity toward him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 19:4
Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously—

General references

Numbers 35:22
But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,
Deuteronomy 4:42
that a manslayer might flee there, who unintentionally slew his neighbor without having enmity toward him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: