Quotes About Protection

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ëWhat great things God has done!í

He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.

and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.

and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.

But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

Then the LORD said to Moses,

designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

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.

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

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.

The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed

The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt

All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save oneís own life, he could flee to one of these cities: