Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:6

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6. there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer —The establishment of those privileged sanctuaries among the cities of the Levites is probably traceable to the idea, that they would be the most suitable and impartial judges—that their presence and counsels might calm or restrain the stormy passions of the blood avenger—and that, from their being invested with the sacred character, they might be types of Christ, in whom sinners find a refuge from the destroyer (see Deuteronomy 4:43 ; Joshua 20:8 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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