Numbers 35:6

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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.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 6. And also, in the doctrines and truths which are the receptacles of charity there must be a full provision against the consequences of evil committed unconsciously, when evil has been done to another without any evil intention; and besides this, the receptacles with the man of the church for charity are to be acquired and appropriated through victory in temptation, culminating in a state of holiness.