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Numbers 35 · Grade 3

Cities of Refuge

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Read the Story

God told Israel to give the Levites forty-eight cities with pasture lands. Six of these would be cities of refuge.

If someone killed a person by accident, without hatred, he could flee to a city of refuge. There he was safe from the avenger. The congregation would judge between them. These cities were for Israelites and for strangers too.

The person had to stay in the city until the high priest died. Then he could go home. God said, Do not defile the land, for I dwell among the children of Israel.

Memory Verse

“These six cities shall be refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreigner living among them, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.”

Numbers 35:15 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How many cities did the Levites receive?

  2. How many were cities of refuge?

  3. Who could flee to a city of refuge?

  4. Who was the city for?

  5. When could the person go home?

Six Safe Cities

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

YHJAYWGVNLEVITESDWUPASTURENSIXOCITYUAVENGERYDYJUDGEONURMVREFUGEJBFLEENCTURGMKYEBJ
  • AVENGER
  • LEVITES
  • PASTURE
  • REFUGE
  • JUDGE
  • FLEE
  • CITY
  • SIX

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my refuge. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why were the cities spread out in the land?
  • How can you show mercy to someone who made a mistake?

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