Category:City of Refuge

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

There were six cities of refuge, three on each side of Jordan, namely, Kadesh, Shechem, Hebron, on the west of Jordan; and on the east, Bezer, Ramoth-gilead, and Golan. The cities on each side of the river were nearly opposite each other. The regulations concerning these cities are given in Numbers 35:9-34; Deuteronomy 19:1; Exodus 21:12.

There were six cities of refuge (Numbers 35). On the west of Jordan were (1) Kadesh, in Naphtali; (2) Shechem, in Mount Ephraim; (3) Hebron, in Judah. On the east of Jordan were, (4) Golan, in Bashan; (5) Ramoth-Gilead, in Gad; and (6) Bezer, in Reuben.