City of refuge

City of refuge

Moses, at the command of God, set apart three cities on the east of Jordan, and Joshua added three others on the west, whither any person might flee for refuge who had killed a human creature inadvertently. The three on the east of Jordan were Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan; the three on the west were Hebron, Shechem, and Kedesh ( Deut. iv. 43; Josh. xx. 1-8).

By Muslims, Medina, in Arabia, where Mahomet took refuge when driven by conspirators from Mecca, is known as the city of refuge. He entered not as a fugitive, but in triumph 622 A. D. Also called the city of the Prophet.