Bible Dictionary: Cities of Refuge: Design of

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Exodus 21:13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
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Numbers 35:11
Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which kills any person at unawares.
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Joshua 20:3
That the slayer that kills any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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Library

Enterprise of Gainas, the Gothic Barbarian. Evils which He ...
... named Gaïnas, [1588] who had taken refuge among the ... army to military command, formed
a design to usurp ... devastation of many of the Phrygian cities, which had ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter iv enterprise of gainas the.htm

Covenanting Provided for in the Everlasting Covenant.
... engagements into which Noah and his family were brought are spoken of, no hint is
dropped that the nature or design of the ... The cities of refuge[412]"Kedesh ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter vi covenanting provided for.htm

The Conquest of Babylon.
... queen named Nitocris, had formed the grand design of constructing ... to be left for
garrisons in the conquered cities. ... to the city of Cyme, and sought refuge there ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter viii the conquest of.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... conventional representation, and was sometimes used to denote cities which had ...
roadsteads merchant vessels were accustomed to take hasty refuge in tempestuous ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes
... I may fall in with the design of Providence at ... to resist; " when no sanctuary or
refuge remains; no ... grave of whole families, streets, and cities; and effects ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 129 the cause and.htm

The Battle of Salamis.
... charged the officers themselves with the design of which ... people had fled to Salamis
for refuge and protection ... while there were other states and cities in other ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter xi the battle of.htm

The Fall of the Empire and of the Papacy
... had alienated nobles and the cities; the clergy ... as Roman nobles they resented Boniface's
design of humbling ... the Colonnas fled (1298), finding refuge among the ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xvi the fall of.htm

How Eurycles Falsely Accused Herod's Sons; and How their Father ...
... he had borrowed money for no good design; and he ... would have inflicted on them, by
making Arabia their refuge. ... and the complaints of the several cities, so many ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 how eurycles falsely.htm

Divine Support and Protection
... fully agreed with God, as to their aim and design. ... of honour and friendship with
the neighbouring cities till they ... be timely wise, and flee for refuge to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xlv divine support and.htm

The Believer a New Creature
... By God's commands certain cities were provided throughout all ... our lives and enter
within the refuge city, where ... still, because it is in His design, the Master ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm