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refuge

Meaning of “refuge”

A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
47 occurrences46 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 35:6

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1 Chronicles 6:57
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:57 · retained source text

And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of Iudah, namely Hebron the citie of refuge, and Libna with her suburbes, and Iattir and Eshtemoa, with their suburbes,

1 Chronicles 6:67
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:67 · retained source text

And they gaue vnto them of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, with her suburbs: they gaue also Gezer with her suburbs,

1611 marginal noteIosh. 21.21.

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