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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a -sı̄n ( נתן , nāthan , "to give," or "grant," i.e. apportion): Used ( Joshua 20:8 ) of Moses setting apart Bezer as one of the three cities of refuge on the East of the Jordan (compare Deuteronomy 4:41-43 ); also of Joab's stationing Uriah in a place of mortal peril in battle ( 2 Samuel 11:16 ).