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The cities of refuge for the manslayer. Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the Israelites, ‘When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan, you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there. Num 35:9-12
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT13
The Experiences in the Wilderness
II. FROM SINAI TO THE JORDAN, Numbers 10:11-22:1
6. Division of the Land; Aaron’s Death; Levitical Cities; Cities of Refuge, Num_32:1-42; Num_33:1-56; Num_34:1-29; Num_35:1-34
48. Why were the Levites scattered throughout the other tribes? What was the purpose of the Cities of Refuge?
CITIES FOR THE LEVITES
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying,
“Command the Israelites to give to the Levites cities to live in from the inheritance of their possession; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their livestock.
“The pasture lands around the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits (1,500 ft.) around.
You shall also measure outside the city on the east, south, west, and north sides two thousand cubits (3,000 ft.), with the city in the center. This shall belong to the Levites as pasture lands for the cities.
[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].
So you shall give to the Levites forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasture lands.
As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many and from the smaller tribes few; each tribe shall give [at least some] of its cities to the Levites in proportion to [the size of] its inheritance which it possesses.”
CITIES OF REFUGE
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“Tell the Israelites, ‘When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan,
then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.
The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.
The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge.
You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge.
These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Numbers 35:1-15
THE CITIES OF REFUGE FOR THE MANSLAYER
This chapter is full of provision for the Levites, the chosen ministers of God’s house. They who serve there may be at rest about their maintenance. He is not unrighteous to forget their labor of love.
These forty-eight cities must have been centers of religious influence throughout the land. As cities set on a hill that could not be hid, as salt staying corruption, as lights along a rock-bound coast-so must they have stood in the Holy Land. So should our homes be in our land.
Six of the Levite cities were set apart for those who were guilty of manslaughter-i.e., those who had killed some one unwittingly. They were within easy access from all parts of the land, and offered sanctuary until a judicial inquiry could be held. In Jesus we find refuge, Heb_6:18. No avenger following the track of past sin can hurt the soul that shelters in Him. Only we must never venture beyond the precincts of His salvation.
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