Cities of refuge: Bible Verses about the Cities of Refuge

List of 25 Bible Verses that Reference Bible Verses (Quote Verse) about Cities of refuge in Israel , verse, and description

1. Joshua 20:2-3 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: ‘Designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.” (Instructions for selecting the cities of refuge)
2. Joshua 20:4-6 “Then anyone who kills another person unintentionally, without malice aforethought, may flee to one of these cities and save their life from the avenger of blood. The cities will be places of refuge from the avenger of blood and no one who committed murder shall be put to death until after standing trial before the assembly.” (Instructions for use of the cities of refuge)
3. Deuteronomy 19:3 “You must designate the cities as the LORD your God instructs you, so that anyone who kills someone unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood.” (Instructions for designating the cities of refuge)
4. Numbers 35:11-15 “Then you are to select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that anyone who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. They will be places of refuge from the avenger of blood. The cities will be for you to flee to and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until they can stand trial before the assembly.” (Instructions for designating the cities of refuge)
5. Deuteronomy 4:41-43 “Then Moses set apart three cities east of the Jordan, to provide refuge for anyone who kills someone unintentionally, so that the slayer may flee there. These are the cities: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.” (Instructions for designating the cities of refuge)
6. Joshua 21:13-14 “So to the Israelites the LORD gave through Joshua thirteen cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. The cities of refuge were Bezer in the wilderness in the plateau, Ramoth in Gilead, and Golan in Bashan.” (Description of the cities of refuge)
7. Numbers 35:25 “The assembly must protect the slayer from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he had fled. He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.” (Instructions for protecting the slayer)
8. Deuteronomy 19:11-12 “But if anyone hates another person and deliberately ambushes and kills him, take him away from my altar and put him to death. Do not let the avenger of blood kill him when he finds him outside the city of refuge.” (Instructions for protecting the slayer)
9. Numbers 35:27-28 “But if the slayer leaves the city of refuge, where he fled, and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the slayer without being guilty of murder. The slayer must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the slayer return home.” (Instructions for protecting the slayer)
10. Joshua 20:9 “These will be the cities of refuge, to which anyone who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.” (Description of the cities of refuge)
11. Joshua 20:7-8 “So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. They set apart these cities for anyone who kills someone unintentionally, so that the slayer may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until standing trial before the assembly.” (Description of the cities of refuge)
12. Deuteronomy 19:8-10 “If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he swore to your fathers, and gives you more land, you are to designate additional cities of refuge, as I have instructed you. Then anyone who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.” (Instructions for designating additional cities of refuge)
13. Joshua 21:21-22 “They gave them Hebron in Judah as a city of refuge, as well as the surrounding pasturelands. Libnah in the hill country of Judah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
14. Joshua 21:27-28 “They gave them Bezer in the wilderness plateau, Ramoth in Gilead, and Golan in Bashan, along with the pasturelands of these towns, and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with their pasturelands.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
15. Joshua 21:32-34 “They gave them Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, the cities of refuge and their pasturelands, Hammoth Dor, Kartan, and their pasturelands, and Dor and its pasturelands, as well as the towns of the district of Upper Galilee.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
16. Joshua 21:38-39 “They gave them Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmon, and their pasturelands, as well as the towns of the district of Jarmuth, Adullam and their pasturelands, Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands, and two cities of refuge.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
17. Joshua 21:41-42 “The LORD gave them the towns of the district of the Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and the other towns of the district of Jericho, as well as their pasturelands, and Libnah with its pasturelands, and Beth Arabah, and their pasturelands.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
18. Joshua 21:44-45 “The LORD gave them the towns of the district of Aijalon, as well as their pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands, and two cities of refuge.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
19. Joshua 21:48-49 “The LORD gave them the towns of the district of the Amorites, with their pasturelands, and the towns in the hill country of Judah, the Shephelah, and the Negeb, as well as their pasturelands. The LORD also gave them all the other towns and their pasturelands.” (Description of additional cities of refuge)
20. Numbers 35:15 “These six cities will serve as cities of refuge for all the Israelites and for the foreign residents living among them, so that anyone who kills another unintentionally may flee there.” (Instructions for use of the cities of refuge)
21. Numbers 35:24-25 “Then the assembly must judge whether the slayer deserves to die. The assembly must protect the slayer from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he had fled. He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.” (Instructions for protecting the slayer)
22. Deuteronomy 19:4-6 “Provide three cities of refuge east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan; they are to serve as cities of refuge. These six cities will serve as refuge for Israelites and for foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who kills another unintentionally may flee there.” (Instructions for designating the cities of refuge)
23. Deuteronomy 19:9-10 “If you expand your territory, as the LORD your God has promised, and if you take possession of the land he has promised to give you, designate three more cities of refuge, so that no innocent life will be lost.” (Instructions for designating additional cities of refuge)
24. Joshua 20:5 “The cities will be places of refuge from the avenger of blood and no one who committed murder shall be put to death until after standing trial before the assembly.” (Instructions for use of the cities of refuge)
25. Numbers 35:11-12 “Then you are to select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that anyone who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. They will be places of refuge from the avenger of blood. The cities will be for you to flee to and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until they can stand trial before the assembly.” (Instructions for designating the cities of refuge)