The History of the Cities of Refuge in Biblical LawRofé, Alexander
Reviews discussions of the lists as utopia versus real and early versus late. Date of list is often tied to dating of P (Priestly writer). Land given to Levites (migrash)is for keeping livestock. Only six Levitical cities were cities of refuge, but asylum also available at cult sites wit...
The location of Yenoam, however, is a matter of debate.[1] We know that all three names refer to cities because they are written with the determinative for toponyms. (In certain writing systems, determinatives, which are not read, explain to what class the word they accompany belongs).[...
Premeditated, intentional killing, as well as killing in passion, was absolutely forbidden. Such a one had no protection in the cities of refuge and was to be handed over and put to death (Ex. 21:14f, Deut. 19:11ff, Num 35:16ff ). This far, we see that killing someone out of 1...
III. The privilege of asylum was retained in the Christian Church, probably in imitation of the cities of refuge, under the old dispensation. All criminals who fled to such asylums were held to be safe, and any person violating an asylum was punished with excommunication. All Christian ...
• Cities of Refuge have nothing to do with the anger of the victim's family A willful killer was to be willfully killed. But how do you accidentally kill an accidental killer? And why would a man-slayer have to stay in the city of refuge until the high priest's death? ... contin...
Two of these cities, viz. Golan and Beeshterah, were allotted to the Levites of the family of Gershom, the former as a "city of refuge" (Jos 21:27; 1Ch 6:71). The important district was bestowed on the half tribe of Manasseh (Jos 13:29-31), together with "half Gilead." After...
This week we move to the southern half of the Central Hill Country plateau: Judah, or as it was later called by the Romans, Judaea. This is the “heartland” of the Land of the Bible. It does not get more central than this! The cities in the hills of Judah - Hebron, Bethlehem, ...
Chariot-cities Charioteers Chariot-horses Chariot-man Chariot-race Chariots of the Sun Chariots of War Charis Charisi (or Al Harisi), Jehuda Ben-solomon Charisia Charisius Charisma Charisterius Charistia Charites Charitina (or Charitina) Charitina and Charito Charito Charity Charity (of Our Lad...
18, 2, 3). He enlarged and improved several cities of his dominions, and also built a wall about Sepphoris, and round Betharamphtha, which latter town he named Julias, in honor of the wife of the emperor (Josephus, Ant. 18; 2,1 1 comp. War, 2, 9, 1). ...