February 24, 2012 - Joshua 19:32 - 21:8
I think the whole idea of a city that people escape to is interesting. I may have written about this before, but what would the other citizens of the city think of this. Would people

go there voluntarily if they knew it was going to be a refuge for people that have caused the death of someone else. Obviously this only applied to accidental deaths, so they are not morally bad people, but you still wouldn't think people would be enthusiastic about the situation. Thought it would be interesting to map out the cities and see where they all were.
20:7 - 9 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain region of
Naphtali, Shechem in the mountain region of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba
(that is, Hebron) in the mountain region of Judah And beyond the Jordan
east of Jericho they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland
in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan
in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh. These are the designated cities to
which any Israelite or alien residing among them who had killed a person
unintentionally might flee to escape death at the hand of the avenger of
blood, until the killer could appear before the community
.