six Levitical cities specially chosen for refuge to the involuntary homicide until released from banishment by the death of the high priest (Numbers 35:6, 13, 15; Joshua 20:2, 7, 9). There were three on each side of Jordan.

1. Kedesh, in Naphtali (1 Chronicles 6:76)
2. Shechem, in Mount Ephraim (Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 2 Chronicles 10:1)
3. Hebron, in Judah (Joshua 21:13; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 29:27; 2 Chronicles 11:10)

On the east side of Jordan:

4. Bezer In The Wilderness, in the tribe of Reuben, in the plains of Moab (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Maccabees 5:26)
5. Ramoth-gilead, in the tribe of Gad (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:38; 1 Kings 22:3)
6. Golan, in Bashan, in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 21:27; 1 Chronicles 6:71)