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Where Can You Find Refuge?
Joshua 20:1-9
Stephen Caswell © 1999
/Where Can You Find Refuge?/
A Place Of Refuge
Sometimes life goes by at a hectic pace.
Your head starts spinning because of the endless activity.
After living like this for a while you just want to stop and rest for a while.
/It is at times like these I just want to sit down and relax a while.
Do you ever feel like getting away for a break?
/You just want to go the mountains or the beach where it is still and quiet.
There you can find peace again.
Today people call such places retreats or weekenders.
These places are a /refuge/ to people who are overworked.
But a refuge is also a place of safety to someone that is in trouble.
They provide peace and protection from anyone who would harm them.
God appointed such places of refuge in the land of Israel.
Introduction
Last Sunday we saw how that God divided the land amongst 7 tribes.
All 12 tribes had now received a portion.
The Levites inheritance was the Lord.
In chapter 20 God appointed 6 cities of refuge in the land of Israel.
In chapter 21 God makes these 6 cities, levitical cities, along with 42 others.
The Levites were in fact given 48 cities and their surrounding pasture lands for their flocks.
Now that Israel had received their land some of it was designated for special purposes.
These 6 cities of refuge were to become an important part of Israel’s culture.
As we look at the cities of refuge, there are 3 main points I want to address.
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The Place
2. The Promise
3. The Purpose
/Firstly/ The Place
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