42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares and did not hate him in time past and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy 4:42 Cross References - MLV
Numbers 35:6
6 And of the cities which you* will give to the Levites, there will be the six cities of refuge, which you* will give for the manslayer to flee to. And besides them you* will give forty-two cities.
Numbers 35:11-12
Numbers 35:15-28
15 For the sons of Israel and for the stranger and for the traveler among them, these six cities will be for refuge, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
16 But if he killed* him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death. 17 And if he killed* him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death. 18 Or if he killed* him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death.
19 The avenger of blood will himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he will put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity killed* him with his hand, so that he died, he who killed* him will surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood will put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him and cast it upon him, so that he died and he was not his enemy, nor sought his harm, 24 then the congregation will judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25 And the congregation will deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood and the congregation will restore him to his city of refuge where he fled. And he will dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the manslayer will at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees, 27 and the avenger of blood find him outside the border of his city of refuge and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer will return into the land of his possession.
16 But if he killed* him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death. 17 And if he killed* him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death. 18 Or if he killed* him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer will surely be put to death.
19 The avenger of blood will himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he will put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity killed* him with his hand, so that he died, he who killed* him will surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood will put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him and cast it upon him, so that he died and he was not his enemy, nor sought his harm, 24 then the congregation will judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25 And the congregation will deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood and the congregation will restore him to his city of refuge where he fled. And he will dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the manslayer will at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees, 27 and the avenger of blood find him outside the border of his city of refuge and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer will return into the land of his possession.
Deuteronomy 19:1-10
1 When Jehovah your God will cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah your God gives you and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,
2 you will set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
3 You will prepare for you the way and divide the borders of your land, which Jehovah your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.
4 And this is the case of the manslayer, who will flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unawares and did not hate him in time past, 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree and the head slips from the helve and lands upon his neighbor, so that he dies, he will flee to one of these cities and live.
6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long and kill* him mortally, and he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past.
7 Therefore I command you, saying, You will set apart three cities for you. 8 And if Jehovah your God enlarge your border, as he has sworn to your fathers and give you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers, 9 if you will keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God and to walk ever in his ways, then will you add three more cities for you, besides these three, 10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance and so blood be upon you.
4 And this is the case of the manslayer, who will flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unawares and did not hate him in time past, 5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree and the head slips from the helve and lands upon his neighbor, so that he dies, he will flee to one of these cities and live.
6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long and kill* him mortally, and he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past.
7 Therefore I command you, saying, You will set apart three cities for you. 8 And if Jehovah your God enlarge your border, as he has sworn to your fathers and give you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers, 9 if you will keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God and to walk ever in his ways, then will you add three more cities for you, besides these three, 10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance and so blood be upon you.
Hebrews 6:18
18 in order that through two unchangeable matters, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge, to take-hold of the hope that lays before us.