And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Refuge. Literally, "the cities of refuge, Gaulon.and Bosra. "See ver. 21. (Haydock)
The latter gives place to Asteroth, in Paralipomenon.