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Nave's - Cities Of Refuge
Cities
First mention of - Ge 4:17
Designed for habitations - Ps 107:7,36
Often built to perpetuate a name - Ge 11:4
Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine - Mic 3:10; Hab 2:12
BUILT
Arranged in streets and lanes - Nu 22:39; Zec 8:5; Lu 14:21
Entered through gates - Ge 34:24; Ne 13:19,22
Surrounded with walls - De 1:28; 3:5
Often fortified by nature - Ps 125:2; Isa 33:16
Often fortified by art - 2Ch 11:5-10,23; Ps 48:12,13; Jer 4:5; Da 11:15
Sometimes had suburbs - Nu 35:2; Jos 21:3
WERE CALLED FOR
Numerous - Jos 15:21; 1Ch 2:22; Jer 2:28
Densely inhabited - Jon 4:11; Na 3:8
Often great and goodly - Ge 10:12; De 6:10; Da 4:30; Jon 3:3
Often of great antiquity - Ge 10:11,12
Often insignificant - Ge 19:20; Ec 9:14
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
Inhabitants of, called citizens - Ac 21:39
Prosperity of, increased by commerce - Ge 49:13; De 33:18,19; Eze 28:5
Artificial mode of supplying water to - 2Ki 18:17; 20:20
Infested by dogs - 1Ki 14:11; Ps 59:6,14
Under governors - 2Ch 33:14; 2Co 11:32
Provided with judges - De 16:18; 2Ch 19:5
Protected at night by watchmen - Ps 127:1; So 5:7; Isa 21:11
Furnished with stores - 2Ch 11:11,12
Garrisoned in war - 2Ch 17:2,19
Often had citadels - Jud 9:51
A great defence to a country - 2Ch 11:5
Afforded refuge in times of danger - Jer 8:14-16
Often deserted on the approach of an enemy - 1Sa 31:7; Jer 4:20
WERE FREQUENTLY
Difficulty of taking, alluded to - Pr 18:19; Jer 1:18,19
Perishable nature of - Heb 13:14
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
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