1 Chronicles 6:55

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

Ver. 55. Hebron, the city of refuge.] The six cities of refuge were cities of the Levites, where guilty persons might be instructed and comforted, King James was wont to say, that if God did allow him to kill a man by any means, he should think God did not love him.