The term "refuge" refers to a place or condition of safety and protection. A "shelter" refers to a physical structure that protects from weather or danger.
* The term, "city of refuge" in the Old Testament referred to certain cities where a person who accidentally killed someone could run to for protection from people who would attack them in revenge.
* A "shelter" is often a physical structure such as a building or roof that can provide protection to people or animals. This is different from the more general term "refuge" which is often not a specific place or structure.
* Sometimes "shelter" means "protection" as when Lot said that his guests were "under the shelter" of his roof. He was saying that they should be safe because they were in his house.
## Translation Suggestions
* The term "refuge" could be translated as "safe place" or "place of protection."
* Depending on the context, the term "shelter" could be translated as, "something that protects" or "protection" or "protected place."
* If it refers to a physical structure, "shelter" could also be translated as
* The phrase "into safe shelter" could be translated as "into a safe place" or "into a place that will protect."
a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the stormtake shelterfind sheltermade a small shelterrested in the shelterbrought under a shelter
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