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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Bezer
A city of refuge for Reuben, east of the Jordan. Anyone who killed a person by accident could run there for protection. It was one of three such cities on that side of the river.
A city of refuge for Reuben, east of the Jordan. Anyone who killed a person by accident could run there for protection. It was one of three such cities on that side of the river.
Bezer was a city of refuge for the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan, one of three such cities on that side designated for anyone who killed a person accidentally, so they could flee there for protection (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8). The name also belongs to a descendant of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:37); the city's exact site remains uncertain, with proposed locations on the plateau north of the Arnon.
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- Deuteronomy 4:43
- Joshua 20:8
- Joshua 21:36
- 1 Chronicles 6:78
