The Cities of Refuge were six Biblical towns in Israel that offered asylum to someone who had unintentionally slain another. The Gutenberg Bible owned by the United States Library of Congress The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Work of God, The Word, The Good Book or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the name used by Jews and Christians for their... Sanctuary has multiple meanings. ...

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. This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia. ... Cedes was one of the six Cities of Refuge that a person who had unintentionally slain a person could take refuge in. ... Sichem is a name of geographical places. ... Hebron (Arabic al-ḪalÄ«l; Hebrew , Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥeḇrôn: derived from the word friend) is a town in the Southern Judea region of the West Bank, in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. ... Golan (aka Gaulonitis; gō´lan; גּולן, gōlān; Γαυλανῖτις, Gaulanítis) was a city in the territory allotted to Manasseh in Bashan, the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8); assigned with its “suburbs” to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21... Ramoth is the name of several places in ancient Israel: A Levite city in the tribe of Issachar. ... Bosor was an ancient Biblical city and one of the six Cities of Refuge named in the Mosaic Law. ... Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Five Books of Moses, but can also be used in the general sense to also include both the Written... The term High Priest may refer to particular individuals who hold the office of ruler-priest in local regional or ethnic contexts. ...

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