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Dictionaries :: Cities of Refuge

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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia
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Cities of Refuge: Design Of

Exd 21:13; Num 35:11; Jos 20:3

Cities of Refuge: Names &c Of

Deu 4:41-43; Jos 20:7,8

Cities of Refuge: Required to Be

Easy of access

Deu 19:3; Isa 62:10

Open to all manslayers

Jos 20:4

Cities of Refuge: Strangers Might Take Advantage Of

Num 35:15

Cities of Refuge: Those Admitted To

Were put on their trial

Num 35:12,24

Not protected outside of

Num 35:26,27

Obliged to remain in, until the high priest's death

Num 35:25,28

Cities of Refuge: Afforded No Asylum to Murderers

Exd 21:14; Num 35:16-21

Cities of Refuge: Illustrative

Of Christ

Psa 91:2; Isa 25:4

Of the hope of the gospel

Hbr 6:18

(The way to,) of Christ

Isa 35:8; Jhn 14:6

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Cities of Refuge:

six Levitical cities specially chosen for refuge to the involuntary homicide until released from banishment by the death of the high priest (Numbers 35:6; 35:13; 35:15; Joshua 20:2; 20:7; 20:9). There were three on each side of Jordan.

(1.) KEDESH in Naphtali (1 Chronicles 6:76). SEE [KEDESH, 3.].

(2.) SHECHEM (, in Mount Ephraim (Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 2 Chronicles 10:1). SEE [SHECHEM, 1.].

(3.) HEBRON in Judah (Joshua 21:13; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 29:27; 2 Chronicles 11:10). SEE [HEBRON, 2.].

(4.) On the east side of Jordan ‐ BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS in the tribe of Reuben, in the plains of Moab (Deuterononmy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Maccabees 5:26). SEE [BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS].

(5.) RAMOTH‐GILEAD, in the tribe of Gad (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 22:3). SEE [RAMOTHGILEAD].

(6.) GOLAN, in Bashan, in the half‐tribe of Manasseh (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:27; 1 Chronicles 6:71). SEE [GOLAN].

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