“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 35:10 in context
Numbers 35:7–13
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All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their pasture lands.
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Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many, and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to the Levites.”
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
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The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
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The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
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