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Golan in Bashan 01474. Golan, a place east of the Jordan The LORD GOD appointed Golan in Bashan as a City of Refuge for the slayers. These are the City of Refuges shall be appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. These six cities are on either side of the Jordan and are under the supervision of the Levites. These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourned among them, that whosoever killed any person unaware might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. (Joshua 20:1-9). The Golan, a city of Bashan, is on the other side of Jordan by Jericho, of the tribe of Manasseh as one of the six cities of refuge. (Joshua 20:8). The children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh was given Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer. (Joshua 21:27). The children of Gershon was one of the sons of Levi. (Genesis 46:11). The names of the sons of Gershon by their families were Libni, and Shimei. Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was to be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all service thereof. (Numbers 3:18,-26). Golan is the most northerly of the three cities of refuge that was east of the Jordan River. The very site of the city is unknown and cannot be determined to its exact location. The Golan Heights should not be misunderstood for Golan, the City of Refuge. The Golan Heights is a region, not the city of refuge designated by the LORD GOD. |
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