They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
Parallel translations
- WEB They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
- KJV And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
- NKJV And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,
- NASB They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands,
- NLT Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer,
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Quick answer
They received the city of refuge Shechem in Ephraim's hill country, plus Gezer, with their pasturelands. These towns served as priestly or Levitical homes and places of refuge.
Overview
Shechem, a city of refuge and a place rich in covenant history, was given to the Kohathites. The cities of refuge again appear, offering protection to those who killed unintentionally until justice was done. They stand as enduring pictures of the refuge sinners find in Christ from the deserved penalty of death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Josh 21:21they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- Josh 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Gen 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
- Josh 12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Gen 35:4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
- 1 Kgs 9:16Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- Josh 16:3Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
- Josh 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
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