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People fleeing, especially from persecution or punishment and seeking refuge. The OT makes special provision for the needs of such people.

Fugitives are those in flight

From family

Genesis 35:1 See also Genesis 35:7; Judges 9:21; 2 Samuel 13:34; Samuel 15:13-15

From war

2 Samuel 24:13; Ob 14 See also Leviticus 26:36; Numbers 21:29; Joshua 8:20,22; 2 Samuel 10:14; Jeremiah 46:22; Jeremiah 48:19; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 24:26

From other people

Exodus 2:15; Matthew 2:13 See also Exodus 14:27; 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Kings 2:39; Kings 11:40; Isaiah 15:5,9; Isaiah 45:20; Jeremiah 48:6,45; Matthew 24:15-20 pp Mark 13:14-17 pp Luke 21:21-23; Acts 8:1

From vengeance

Jeremiah 50:28 See also Genesis 4:14; Job 15:22; Proverbs 28:17; Jeremiah 44:14; Jeremiah 48:19

Comfort for the fugitives

Isaiah 21:14 See also Numbers 35:6; Deuteronomy 23:15; Isaiah 16:3-4

See also

5347  injustice
5490  refuge
5491  refugees
5605  warfare
7338  cities of refuge