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,
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,
- BSB They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
- 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,
- 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 gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
- Josh 20:7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Gen 33:18Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
- Josh 12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Gen 35:4They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
- 1 Kgs 9:16Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
- Josh 16:3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
- Josh 16:10They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
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