The Cities of Refuge

191 " When the Lord your God cuts off the nations , whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses ,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1

Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

(Read Deuteronomy 19:1-13)

Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the Lord our Righteousness, refuge is provided for those who by faith flee unto him. But there is no refuge in Jesus Christ for presumptuous sinners, who go on still in their trespasses. Those who flee to Christ from their sins, shall be safe in him, but not those who expect to be sheltered by him in their sins.