Cities of Refuge
`are ha-miqlaT; poleis ton phugadeuterion (compare 1 Macc
10:28), and other forms):
1. Location:
Six cities, three on each side of the Jordan, were set apart
and placed in the hands of the Levites, to serve as places
of asylum for such as might shed blood unwittingly. On the
East of the Jordan they were Bezer in the lot of Reuben,
Ramot...
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CITIES OF
From the avenger of blood
Ex 21:13,14; Nu 35:11-32; De 4:41-43; 19:2-13; Jos
20:1-6
List of
Jos 20:7-9
Roads made to
De 19:3
-FIGURATIVE
Of Christ
Heb 6:18...
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six Levitical cities specially chosen for refuge to the
involuntary homicide until released from banishment by the
death of the high priest. Nu 35:6,13,15; Jos 20:2,7,9 There
were three on each side of Jordan.
1. KEDESH, in Naphtali.
1Ch 6:76
2. SHECHEM, in Mount Ephraim.
Jos 21:21; 1Ch 6:67; 2Ch 10:1
3. HEBRON, in Judah.
Jos 21:13; 2Sa 5:...
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were six in number (Num. 35). 1. On the west of Jordan were
(1)
Kadesh, in Naphtali; (2) Shechem, in Mount Ephraim;
(3) Hebron,
in Judah. 2. On the east of Jordan were, (1) Golan, in
Bashan;
(2) Ramoth-Gilead, in Gad; and (3) Bezer, in Reuben.
(See under
each of these names.)...
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frontBLOOD, AVENGING OF.) Kedesh ("holy," so Jesus our city
of refuge, Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 7:26), now Kedes, 20 miles
E.S.E. from Tyre. Shechem ("shoulder," upon Jesus' shoulder
the government is, Isaiah 9:6), now Nablous. Hebron
("fellowship," so Christ to us, 1 Corinthians 1:9), now El-
Khalil. Bezer, perhaps Bozor in the Book of Maccabees ...
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And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in
mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with
her suburbs,...
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of
Moses:...
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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....
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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....
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