“However, if he hits him with an iron implement and thus causes his death, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. Or if he hits him with a stone in his hand big enough to kill someone, and he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.”-Numbers […]

We are in the midst of discussing the six sanctuary cities the Lord ordered be established. Connected to this topic, we are also in the midst of dealing with the concept of “asylum“. Yesterday I explained how the Altar of Burnt Offering was at times unlawfully used as a place of sanctuary before the six […]

We are currently in the midst of discussing the assignment of the 48 cities to the Levites and the six cities of refuge. All of the 48 cities were to be scattered throughout the territorial holdings of the 12 tribes of Israel. Three of the cities of refuge were to be located OUTSIDE of the […]

“The cities you give to the Levites are to be the six cities of refuge to which you permit the person who kills someone to flee to; plus an additional forty-two cities.”-Leviticus 35:6 In verse 6 of Numbers 35 we are introduced to what are famously known as the “Six Cities of Refuge“. What’s fascinating is […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 35. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “In the plains of Mo’ab by the Yarden, across from Yericho, Adonai said to Moshe, “Order the people of Isra’el to give to the Levites cities to live in from the heritage they will possess, and […]