Numbers 35:13-14

13And the cities that you give shall be your asix cities of refuge. 14 bYou 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

41Then Moses cset apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42that dthe 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 eBezer in the wilderness on the ftableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

Joshua 20:2-9

2Say to the people of Israel, gAppoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand hat the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them. 5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past. 6And he shall remain in that city iuntil he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”

7So they set apart jKedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and kShechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) min the hill country of Judah. 8And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed nBezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and oRamoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and pGolan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh. 9These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and qfor the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.

Joshua 21:3

3So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

Joshua 21:13

13And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, rthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, sLibnah with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:21

21To them were given Shechem, tthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:27

27 uAnd to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, vthe city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelandstwo cities;

Joshua 21:32

32and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, wthe city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelandsthree cities.

Joshua 21:36

36and out of the tribe of Reuben, xBezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,

Joshua 21:38

38and out of the tribe of Gad, yRamoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, zMahanaim with its pasturelands,

Psalms 9:9

9 The Lord is aaa stronghold for abthe oppressed,
a stronghold in actimes of trouble.
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