City of Refuge: Difference between revisions
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{{quote5 |내용=Then the LORD said to Moses: . . . “ ‘. . . select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.’ ” |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Numbers+35%3A9-12&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_nas&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Numbers 35:9–12]}} | {{quote5 |내용=Then the LORD said to Moses: . . . “ ‘. . . select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.’ ” |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Numbers+35%3A9-12&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_nas&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Numbers 35:9–12]}} | ||
===Locations=== | ===Locations=== | ||
[[file: | [[file:MapCitiesOfRefuge.svg |thumb | 250px |Locations of Cities of Refuge]] | ||
The cities of refuge were located in six cities in [[Israel]]—three cities on the east side of the Jordan River (Bezer, Ramoth in Gilead, Golan in Bashan) and three cities on the west side of the river (Kedesh in [[Galilee]], Shechem, [[Hebron]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Numbers+35%3A6-15&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Numbers 35:6–15 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Joshua+20%3A7-9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Joshua 20:7–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Each city of refuge was within a distance of about 30 km (18.6 miles), which could be reached from anywhere in Israel within a day. It was to prevent fugitives from being killed while fleeing to the city of refuge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Deuteronomy+19%3A3-6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Deuteronomy 19:3–6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | The cities of refuge were located in six cities in [[Israel]]—three cities on the east side of the Jordan River (Bezer, Ramoth in Gilead, Golan in Bashan) and three cities on the west side of the river (Kedesh in [[Galilee]], Shechem, [[Hebron]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Numbers+35%3A6-15&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Numbers 35:6–15 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Joshua+20%3A7-9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Joshua 20:7–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Each city of refuge was within a distance of about 30 km (18.6 miles), which could be reached from anywhere in Israel within a day. It was to prevent fugitives from being killed while fleeing to the city of refuge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Deuteronomy+19%3A3-6&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Deuteronomy 19:3–6 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
