that a manslayermight fleethere,whounintentionallyslewhis neighborwithouthaving enmitytoward him in timepast;and by fleeingto oneof thesecitieshe might live:
"The citieswhichyou shall giveto the Levites[shall be] the sixcitiesof refuge,whichyou shall givefor the manslayerto fleeto; and in additionto them you shall giveforty-twocities.
ThenMosessetapartthreecitiesacrossthe Jordanto the east,
Bezerin the wildernesson the plateaufor the Reubenites,and Ramothin Gileadfor the Gadites,and Golanin Bashanfor the Manassites.
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
