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Cities of Refuge
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The Cities of Refuge are a collection of six towns mentioned in the Hebrew Bible that were set able to provide asylum to someone who had unintentionally slain another. [1]
Of the six cities, three were on the West side of the Jordan River (Cedes, Shechem and Hebron) and three were on the East side (Golan, Ramoth and Bosor). According to the Mosaic Law, the "avenger of blood", generally a close relative to the victim, had the right to kill the slayer should he leave the city of refuge. This right ended when the High Priest died, and those who had sought asylum were allowed to return home without fear of punishment.[citation needed]
- ^ Metzger & Coogan (1993) Oxford Companion to the Bible’’, p125.
- Metzeger, Bruce M. (ed); , Michael D. Coogan (ed) (1993). The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504645-5.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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