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some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. (See CANE.)

REFINER The process of refining metals is referred to by way of illustrations in Isaiah 1:25; Jeremiah 6:29; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:2, 3.

REFUGE, CITIES OF were six in number (Numbers 35). 1. On the west of Jordan were (1) Kadesh, in Naphtali; (2) Shechem, in Mount Ephraim;

(3) Hebron, in Judah. 2. On the east of Jordan were, (1) Golan, in Bashan;

(2) Ramoth-Gilead, in Gad; and (3) Bezer, in Reuben. (See under each of these names.)