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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Joshua 21:21

So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, - also Gezer, with her pasture land;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gezer;   Levites;   Shechem;   Thompson Chain Reference - Sychar, or Shechem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Shechem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Levite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Kohath;   Levi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kohathites;   Shechem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Suburb;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gezer, Gezrites ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Refuge, Cities of;   Shechem ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Gezer;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge,;   Ge'zer;   She'chem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assassination;   Gezer;   Refuge, Cities of;   Shechem;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gezer;   Levi ;   Shechem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Israelites gave them:
Hebrew Names Version
They gave them Shekhem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
King James Version
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Lexham English Bible
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
English Standard Version
To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
New Century Version
Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim (which was a city of safety), Gezer,
New English Translation
They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
Amplified Bible
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
They gaue them the citie of refuge for the slaier, Shechem with her suburbes in mount Ephraim, and Gezer with her suburbes,
Legacy Standard Bible
And they gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Complete Jewish Bible
they gave them: Sh'khem with its surrounding open land, in the hills of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the killer; Gezer with its surrounding open land;
Darby Translation
and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
Easy-to-Read Version
the city of Shechem from the hill country of Ephraim (which was a city of safety), Gezer,
George Lamsa Translation
For they gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the slavers, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, Gedar with its suburbs,
Good News Translation
They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer,
Literal Translation
And they gave them Shechem and its open land in Mount Ephraim as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer and its open lands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they gaue the the fre cite of the deedsleiers, Seche and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof,
American Standard Version
And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
Bible in Basic English
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they gaue them the citie that the slear might flee vnto, Sichem with her suburbes in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with her suburbes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it;
King James Version (1611)
For they gaue them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer: and Gezer with her suburbs,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer’s city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
English Revised Version
And they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs;
Berean Standard Bible
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the lynage of Effraym, the citee of refuyt, Sichen, with hise subarbis, in the hil of Effraym, and Gazer,
Young's Literal Translation
and they give to them the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
Update Bible Version
And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim-the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
Webster's Bible Translation
For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,
World English Bible
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
New King James Version
For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land,
New Living Translation
Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,
New Life Bible
They gave them Shechem with its fields in the hill country of Ephraim. A man who killed another person could run to Shechem to be safe. And they gave them Gezer with its fields,
New Revised Standard
To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer,
Revised Standard Version
To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

9 Thus then they gave - out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon - these cities which are mentioned by name. 10 And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, - because, theirs, was the first lot; 11 yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, - with the pasture land thereof, round about it; 12 whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession. 13 But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, - Libnah also, with her pasture lands; 14 and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land; 15 and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land; 16 and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, - nine cities, out of these two tribes. 17 And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, - Geba, with her pasture land; 18 Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, - four cities.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shechem: Joshua 20:7, Genesis 33:19, Judges 9:1, 1 Kings 12:1

Gezer: Joshua 16:10, 1 Kings 9:15-17, 1 Chronicles 6:67

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge Joshua 10:33 - Gezer Joshua 17:7 - Shechem

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old, - as God commanded him.
Genesis 21:34
So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Numbers 10:12
and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
Then afterwards, did the people set forward from Hazeroth, and encamped in the desert of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh, - all of them, great men, heads of the seas of Israel, were they.
Numbers 13:26
So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh, - and brought back word - unto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
So he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said - A woman, have I seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines, - now, therefore, take her for me, to wife.
1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel died, and all Israel were gathered together, and made lamentation for him, and buried him within his own house, in Ramah, - and David arose and went down into the wilderness of Maon.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So that, he that giveth in marriage his own virginity, doeth, well; and, he that giveth it not, shall do, better.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they gave them Shechem, with her suburbs, in Mount Ephraim,.... Of which see Joshua 20:7;

[to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; which being on a mountain, was the more conspicuous, and the fitter for this purpose, as was Hebron in the hill country of Judea, Joshua 21:11; this is the second; city of refuge mentioned:

and Gezer with her suburbs: a place from whence the Canaanites were not expelled; Joshua 21:11- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the cities of the non-priestly Kohathites, for Kibzaim we find Jokmeam in 1 Chronicles 6:68. This is perhaps another name for the same place, since both names may be derived from roots having a similar meaning; and for Gath-rimmon in 1 Chronicles 6:70, Bileam is given, and probably correctly; Gath-rimmon having apparently been repeated inadvertently from the preceding verse. Bileam is but another form of Ibleam Joshua 17:11.


 
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