Sanctuary

Market squares became the first places of sanctuary for fugitives seeking safety from attack. 69:4.4

Sanctuary provided a means for escaping sudden group anger, stemming from society's failure to punish crimes, and preventing the rise of lynch law and dueling as forms of private redress. 70:10.16

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Cities of refuge 69:4.4 — 1 Ch 6:57,67; Nm 35:6,11,14; Jos 20:2; Jos 21:13,21,27; Jos 21:32,38.