Midrash for Joshua 20:8
וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר לְיַרְדֵּ֤ן יְרִיחוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה נָתְנ֞וּ אֶת־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַּמִּישֹׁ֖ר מִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן וְאֶת־רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ מִמַּטֵּה־גָ֔ד וְאֶת־גלון [גּוֹלָ֥ן] בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן מִמַּטֵּ֥ה מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Numb. 19:3 cont.:) AND HE (Eleazar) SHALL SLAUGHTER IT (i.e., Edom-Rome) IN HIS PRESENCE (i.e., of the Holy One). Thus it is stated (in Is. 34:6): FOR THE LORD HAS A SACRIFICE IN BOZRAH,134See Makk. 12a, according to which prince of Edom erred in seeking asylum in Bozrah instead of Bezer, which is listed in Deut. 4:43 and Josh. 20:8 as a city of refuge. A GREAT SLAUGHTER IN THE LAND OF EDOM (i.e., Rome). R. Berekhyah (interpreting the text differently) said: THE SLAUGHTER OF A GREAT ONE (i.e., Rome's guardian spirit) IN EDOM.
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