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Num 35:6-8. Cities of refuge.
there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer - The establishment of those privileged sanctuaries among the cities of the Levites is probably traceable to the idea, that they would be the most suitable and impartial judges - that their presence and counsels might calm or restrain the stormy passions of the blood avenger - and that, from their being invested with the sacred character, they might be types of Christ, in whom sinners find a refuge from the destroyer (see Deu 4:43; Jos 20:8).