These six cities shall be refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreigner living among them, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 35:15 in context
Numbers 35:12–18
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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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You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.
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These six cities shall be refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreigner living among them, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
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“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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