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<p> '''''bē´zẽr''''' ( בּצר , <i> '''''becer''''' </i> ; Βόσορ , <i> '''''Bósor''''' </i> , "strong"): </p> <p> (1) A city of refuge, set apart by [[Moses]] for the [[Reubenites]] and located in the "plain country" (or table-land, <i> '''''Mı̄shōr''''' </i> ) East of the Jordan, later assigned to this tribe by Joshua ( Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8 ). The same city was assigned by lot as place of residence to the children of [[Merari]] of the [[Levite]] tribe ( Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:63 , 1 Chronicles 6:78 ). Driver, <i> HDB </i> , suggests the identity of [[Bezer]] with [[Bozrah]] (Septuagint, Bosor) ( Jeremiah 48:24 ). Besheir has been suggested as the present site. According to the manuscript it was forti fied by Mesha. </p> <p> (2) A son of [[Zophah]] of the house of [[Asher]] ( 1 Chronicles 7:37 ). </p> | |||
<p> '''''bē´zẽr''''' ( בּצר , <i> '''''becer''''' </i> ; Βόσορ , <i> '''''Bósor''''' </i> , "strong"): </p> <p> (1) A city of refuge, set apart by Moses for the Reubenites and located in the "plain country" (or table-land, <i> '''''Mı̄shōr''''' </i> ) East of the Jordan, later assigned to this tribe by Joshua ( Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8 ). The same city was assigned by lot as place of residence to the children of Merari of the Levite tribe ( Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:63 , 1 Chronicles 6:78 ). Driver, <i> HDB </i> , suggests the identity of Bezer with Bozrah (Septuagint, Bosor) ( Jeremiah 48:24 ). Besheir has been suggested as the present site. According to the manuscript it was forti fied by Mesha. </p> <p> (2) A son of Zophah of the house of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:37 ). </p | |||
