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Cities of Refuge
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; Numbers 35:13; Numbers 35:15; Joshua 20:2; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 20:9. There were three on each side of Jordan.
1. On the west side of Jordan; Kedesh, in Naphtali. 1 Chronicles 6:76.
2. Shechem, in Mount Ephraim. Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 2 Chronicles 10:1.
3. Hebron, in Judah. Joshua 21:13; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 1 Chronicles 29:27; 2 Chronicles 11:10.
4. On the east side of Jordan; Bezer or Bezer in The Wilderness, in the tribe of Reuben, in the plains of Moab. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:36. 1 Maccabees 5:26.
5. Ramoth-Gilead, in the tribe of Gad. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 22:3.
6. Golan, in Bashan, in the half-tribe of Manasseh. Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:27; 1 Chronicles 6:71.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Cities of Refuge'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​c/cities-of-refuge.html. 1901.