Numbers 35:6
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites,.... The number of which is not yet expressed, but is afterwards: there shall be
six cities for refuge; a sort of asylums, of which there…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The Levitical cities were in an special manner the Lord’s; and therefore the places of refuge, where the manslayer might remain under the protection of a special institution devised by divine mercy,…
The Levitical cities
The Levites are to receive 48 cities with their surrounding land (E.VV. -suburbs"), six of which are to be -cities of refuge." The cities are to be contributed by each tribe in…
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