Exo 21:13-14, Num 35:6, 11-14, Deu 4:41-43, 19:2-13, Rom 8:1, 33-34 | ESV | STEP | But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand , then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee .

Exodus 21:13-14

13 ^aBut if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then ^bI will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, ^cyou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Numbers 35:6

6 “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be ^dthe six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

Numbers 35:11-14

11 ^ethen you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. 12 The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. 13 And the cities that you give shall be your ^fsix cities of refuge. 14 ^gYou shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.

Deuteronomy 4:41-43

Cities of Refuge

41 Then Moses ^hset apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that ⁱthe manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: 43 ^jBezer in the wilderness on the ^ktableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Deuteronomy 19:2-13

2 ^lyou shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 You shall measure the distances ^{▼▼Hebrew road} and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

4 “This is the provision for ⁿthe manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past— 5 as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live, 6 lest ^othe avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past. 7 Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities. 8 ^pAnd if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, ^qas he has sworn to your fathers, and ^rgives you all the land that he promised to give to your fathers— 9 provided you are careful to keep all this commandment, which I command you today, by loving the Lord your God and by walking ever in his ways— ^sthen you shall add three other cities to these three, 10 lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

11 “But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him ^tand strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 ^uYour eye shall not pity him, ^vbut you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood ^{▼▼Or the blood of the innocent} from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

Romans 8:1

Life in the Spirit

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)}

Romans 8:33-34

33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? ^yIt is God who justifies. 34 ^zWho is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised— ^aawho is at the right hand of God, ^abwho indeed is interceding for us. ^{▼▼Or Is it Christ Jesus who died . . . for us?}