Cities of Refuge. Were six Levitical cities specially chosen for refuge to the involuntary homicide until released from banishment by the death of the high priest. Numbers 35:6, Numbers 35:13, Numbers 35:15, Joshua 20:2, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 20:9. There were three on each side of Jordan. 1. Kedesh, in Galilee, 1 Chronicles 6:76.. Shechem, in Ephraim, Joshua 21:21, 1 Chronicles 6:67, 2 Chronicles 10:1.. Hebron, in Judah, Joshua 21:13, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Chronicles 6:55, 1 Chronicles 29:27, 2 Chronicles 11:10.. On the east side of Jordan—Bezer, in the tribe of Reuben, in the plains of Moab, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, Joshua 21:36.. Ramoth-gilead, in the tribe of Gad, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 21:38, 1 Kings 22:3.. Golan, in Bashan, in the half-tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 21:27, 1 Chronicles 6:71.