Quotes about Safety
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
— Exodus 21:13
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
— Exodus 33:22
Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
— Leviticus 25:19
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
— Leviticus 26:6
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
— Numbers 35:11
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
— Numbers 35:12
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
— Numbers 35:14
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
— Numbers 35:15
But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
— Numbers 35:26
because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
— Numbers 35:28
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
— Deuteronomy 19:4
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
— Deuteronomy 19:5