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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.

And among the cities {H5892} which ye shall give {H5414} unto the Levites {H3881} there shall be six {H8337} cities {H5892} for refuge {H4733}, which ye shall appoint {H5414} for the manslayer {H7523}, that he may flee {H5127} thither: and to them ye shall add {H5414} forty {H705} and two {H8147} cities {H5892}.

The cities you give to the L'vi'im are to be the six cities of refuge to which you permit the person who kills someone to flee to; plus an additional forty-two cities.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 21:13 (4 votes)

    Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 21:3 (4 votes)

    And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

  • Joshua 21:38 (3 votes)

    And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 21:27 (3 votes)

    And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

  • Joshua 21:32 (3 votes)

    And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

  • Psalms 9:9 (3 votes)

    The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

  • Joshua 21:21 (3 votes)

    For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,