Miqlat מִקְלָט

Miqlat (Hebrew מִקְלָט, Strong's H4733) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “refuge”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Miqlat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Numbers

• Numbers 35:6
  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.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.
• Numbers 35:11
  Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
• Numbers 35:12
  And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.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.
• Numbers 35:13
  And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
• Numbers 35:14
  Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
• Numbers 35:15
  These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.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.
• Numbers 35:25
  And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.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.
• Numbers 35:26
  But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
• Numbers 35:27
  And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: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
• Numbers 35:28
  Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
• Numbers 35:32
  And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

Joshua

• Joshua 20:2
  Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
• Joshua 20:3
  That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
• Joshua 21:13
  Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
• Joshua 21:21
  For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
• Joshua 21:27
  And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
• Joshua 21:32
  And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
• Joshua 21:38
  And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 6:57
  And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
• 1 Chronicles 6:67
  And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).