Joshua 21:21

Joshua 21:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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,
• New International Version (NIV)In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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,

Context of Joshua 21:21

19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands. 20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. For they gave them Shechem with its common lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its common lands, 22And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities. 23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common lands, Gibbethon with its common lands,

Joshua 21:21 word by word

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־עִ֨יר מִקְלַ֧ט הָרֹצֵ֛חַ אֶת־שְׁכֶ֥ם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־גֶּ֖זֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃Read the interlinear

• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• landsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054
• mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• refugeמִקְלָטmiqlâţ · refugeH4733
• slayerרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• Gezerגֶּ֫זֶרgezer · GezerH1507

Cross-references for Joshua 21:21

• Joshua 20:7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
• Genesis 33:19And he bought the piece of land, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
• Judges 9:1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brethren, and talked with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
• 1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
• Joshua 16:10And they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and serve at forced labour.
• 1 Kings 9:15And this is the reason of the forced labour which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
• 1 Chronicles 6:67And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with its common lands; they gave also Gezer with its common lands,

Commentaries on Joshua 21:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-42Verses 9-42 By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more diffused amongst us. (Jos…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-42The descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities, the rest of the Kohathite clan received ten, the descendants of Gershon received thirteen, and the Merari clan received twelve. There were a total of forty-eight Levitical cities. Each tribe had four Levitical cities, except Judah had eight, Simeon had one, and Naphtali had three. Six of the Levitical cities were also cities of refuge (20:7–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-429-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 21:21

• Gezer
• Levites
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Shechem
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Mount Ephraim
• Levite
• Assassination
• Ezekiel
• Gezer
• Joshua (2)
• Levitical Cities

Commentaries on Joshua 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings