Topic
Cities of Refuge
43 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 35:15Smith · Torrey Strangers might take advantage of
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
- Joshua 20:7Smith · Torrey Names &c of
¶ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
- Joshua 20:8Smith · Torrey Names &c of
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- Exodus 21:13Torrey Design of
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
- Exodus 21:14Torrey Afforded no asylum to murderers
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Numbers 35:6Smith
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
- Numbers 35:11Torrey Design of
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.
- Numbers 35:12Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Were put on their trial
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
- Numbers 35:13Smith
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
- Numbers 35:16–21Torrey Afforded no asylum to murderers
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to…
- Numbers 35:24Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Were put on their trial
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
- Numbers 35:25Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Obliged to remain in, until the high priest's death
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed…
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- Numbers 35:26 Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Not protected outside of
- Numbers 35:27 Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Not protected outside of
- Numbers 35:28 Torrey THOSE ADMITTED TO — Obliged to remain in, until the high priest's death
- Deuteronomy 4:41–43 Torrey Names &c of
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Smith
- Deuteronomy 19:3 Torrey REQUIRED TO BE — Easy of access
- Joshua 20:2 Smith
- Joshua 20:3 Torrey Design of
- Joshua 20:4 Torrey REQUIRED TO BE — Open to all manslayers
- Joshua 20:9 Smith
- Joshua 21:13 Smith
- Joshua 21:21 Smith
- Joshua 21:27 Smith
- Joshua 21:36 Smith
- Joshua 21:38 Smith
- 2 Samuel 5:5 Smith
- 1 Kings 22:3 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 6:55 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 29:27 Smith
- 2 Chronicles 10:1 Smith
- 2 Chronicles 11:10 Smith
- Psalms 91:2 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of Christ
- Isaiah 25:4 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of Christ
- Isaiah 35:8 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (The way to,) of Christ
- Isaiah 62:10 Torrey REQUIRED TO BE — Easy of access
- 1 Maccabees 5:26 Smith
- John 14:6 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (The way to,) of Christ
- Hebrews 6:18 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the hope of the gospel
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 25 references
- KEDESH, in Naphtali. (1 Chronicles 6:76)
- SHECHEM, in Mount Ephraim. (Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 2 Chronicles 10:1)
- HEBRON, in Judah. (Joshua 21:13; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 29:27; 2 Chronicles 11:10)
- On the east side of Jordan - BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS, in the tribe of Reuben, in the plains of Moab. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36) 1Macc. 5:26.
- RAMOTH-GILEAD, in the tribe of Gad. (4:43; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 22:3)
- GOLAN, in Bashan, in the half-tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Joshua 21:27; 1 Chronicles 6:71)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
See REFUGE, CITIES OF.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See REFUGE, CITIES OF
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 23 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Design of Ex 21:13; Nu 35:11; Jos 20:3
- Names &c of De 4:41-43; Jos 20:7,8
- REQUIRED TO BE
- Strangers might take advantage of Nu 35:15
- THOSE ADMITTED TO
- Afforded no asylum to murderers Ex 21:14; Nu 35:16-21
- ILLUSTRATIVE
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.