Numbers 35:6
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Cross-references
Numbers 35:13 repeats the command to have six cities of refuge, directly clarifying the count from verse 6.
Numbers 35:14 specifies that three cities are on the east side and three in Canaan, detailing the distribution introduced in verse 6.
Numbers 35:11 restates the command to appoint cities of refuge for the manslayer—directly parallel and expanding the same instruction.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43 records Moses actually setting apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, fulfilling the command from Numbers 35:6.
Joshua 20:2-9 describes Joshua appointing all six cities of refuge as commanded in Numbers 35:6, completing the implementation.
Joshua 21:3 records the giving of Levitical cities (including the refuge cities) to the Levites, directly carrying out Numbers 35:6's instruction.
Joshua 21:13 lists Hebron as a city of refuge given to the priests, a specific example of the cities appointed in Numbers 35:6.
Joshua 21:21 lists Shechem as a city of refuge, fulfilling the allotment of the six refuge cities from Numbers 35:6.
Joshua 21:27 lists Golan as a city of refuge for the Gershonites, another fulfillment of Numbers 35:6's command.
Joshua 21:32 lists Kedesh as a city of refuge, completing the distribution of the six cities as ordered in Numbers 35:6.
Joshua 21:36 lists Bezer as a city of refuge for the tribe of Reuben, directly fulfilling the refuge city command from Numbers 35:6.
Joshua 21:38 lists Ramoth in Gilead as one of the actual cities of refuge for the slayer, fulfilling the command in Numbers 35:6.
Hebrews 6:18 uses 'fled for refuge'—echoing the language of fleeing to cities of refuge, with Christ as the ultimate refuge.
Deuteronomy 4:42 specifies the purpose of these six cities of refuge — protecting the unintentional manslayer — clarifying the provision in Numbers 35:6.