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Wycliffe Bible

Joshua 21:21

of the lynage of Effraym, the citee of refuyt, Sichen, with hise subarbis, in the hil of Effraym, and Gazer,

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,
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,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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;
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 Of the lynagis of the sones of Juda, and of Symeon, Josue yaf citees; 10 to the sones of Aaron, bi the meynees of Caath, of the kyn of Leuy, of whiche citees these ben the names; for the firste lot yede out to hem; 11 Cariatharbe, of the fadir of Enach, which is clepid Ebron, in the hil of Juda, and the subarbis therof bi cumpas; 12 sotheli he hadde youe the feeldis and townes therof to Caleph, sone of Jephone, to haue in possessioun. 13 Therfor Josue yaf to the sones of Aaron, preest, Ebron, a citee of refuyt, and the subarbis `of it, and Lebnam with hise subarbis, 14 and Jether, and Yschymon, 15 and Elon, and Dabir, and Ayn, and Lethan, 16 and Bethsames, with her subarbis; nyne citees, of twei lynagis, as it is seid. 17 Sotheli of the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn, he yaf Gabaon, and Gabee, and Anatoth, and Almon, with her subarbis; 18 `foure citees.

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 clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childide to him, Ysaac.
Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcidide hym in the eiyte dai, as God comaundide to him,
Genesis 21:34
and he was an erthetiliere ether a comelynge of the lond of Palestynes in many dayes.
Numbers 10:12
And the sones of Israel yeden forth bi her cumpenyes fro deseert of Synay; and the cloude restide in the wildirnesse of Faran.
Numbers 12:16
And the puple yede forth fro Asseroth, whanne the tentis weren set in the deseert of Pharan.
Numbers 13:3
Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide, and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.
Numbers 13:26
and to al the cumpany of the sones of Israel, in to the deseert of Pharan which is in Cades. And `the aspieris spaken to hem, and schewiden the fruytis of the lond to al the multitude, and telden,
Judges 14:2
and he stiede, and telde to his fadir and `to his modir, and seide, Y siy a womman in Thannatha of the `douytris of Filistees, and Y biseche, that ye take hir a wijf to me.
1 Samuel 25:1
Forsothe Samuel was deed; and al Israel was gaderid to gidere, and thei biweiliden hym greetly, and birieden hym in his hows in Ramatha. And Dauid roos, and yede doun in to deseert of Faran.
1 Corinthians 7:38
Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere.

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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