Place
Golan
city of refuge in Bashan
City of refuge in Bashan east of the Jordan, allotted to half-tribe Manasseh and assigned to the Gershonite Levites.
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A city in , in the territory east of the allotted to the half-tribe of , designated in Deuteronomy 4 as one of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan alongside Bezer and Ramoth-gilead. appointed these cities so that any manslayer who killed a person unintentionally could flee there for protection. Golan is also listed among the Levitical cities given to the Gershonite clans of the tribe of Levi in 21 and 1 Chronicles 6. The region of Golan in Bashan gave its name to the broader territory.
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Modern location: Saham al Jawlan. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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