Numbers 35:15 · KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 35:15
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, {which} shall be cities of refuge.
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.
Numbers 35 — Context
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, {which} shall be cities of refuge.
15These 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.
16And 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.
17And 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 death. {with...: Heb. with a stone of the hand}
Cross References
Numbers 15:16
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:29
{Is he} the God of the Jews only? {is he} not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I {am} the LORD your God.
Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.