Cross references

Exodus 21:13

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 BSB

Exodus 21:13 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 20:2–9 (6 votes) and 1 Samuel 24:18 (5 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 9 to Matthew 5.

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Which verses does Exodus 21:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. …

  2. And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  3. Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: …

  4. When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses, then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. …

  5. So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

  6. Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

  7. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. …

  8. But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

  9. But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

  10. Micah 7:22 votes

    The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Which verses point to Exodus 21:13?

The 10 strongest of 20.