Numbers 34-36 - Cities of Refuge

Apportioning Canaan

Num 34:1-3 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, [even the] land of Canaan according to its borders. [3] 'And your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

Cities for the Levites

Num 35:2-3 LSB - [2] "Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. [3] "And 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 beasts.

Cities of Refuge

Num 35:6 LSB - [6] "And the cities which you shall give to the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

Num 35:34 LSB - [34] 'And you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"

The City of Refuge

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

1. O, guilty one, haste to the city of refuge,

Where mercy awaits thee, so boundless and free;

O haste with thy burden of sin and of sorrow;

Thy loving Redeemer is waiting for thee.

Chorus:

O fly to the refuge!

To the refuge sure and free;

With thy sin and sorrow;

Jesus waits for thee.

2. O, guilty one, haste! for the day beams are fading,

Afar on the desert; say, why wilt thou roam?

The arms of the Saviour will gladly enfold thee;

He longs with forgiveness to welcome thee home. [Chorus]

3. O, weary one, haste! for the night clouds pursue thee;

How darkly they frown on the cold mountain's brow;

The voice of the tempest is wailing around thee,

And none but the Saviour can shelter thee now. [Chorus]

Inheritance Through Marriage

Num 36:8-9 LSB - [8] "And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. [9] "Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance."