Joshua 20:7
And + 20:7 Gr. he.Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount + 20:7 Or, of N.Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.
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Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and + 33:18 Or, pitched his tent. Alex. παρενέβαλε, for which probably παρενέλαβε is a mere mistake. So Bos and P. Junius thought.took up a position in front of the city.
Joshua 14:15And the name of Chebron before was the city Argob, it is the + 14:15 Gr. mother-cities.metropolis of the Enakim: and the land rested from war.
Joshua 19:35And the walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth,
Joshua 19:37and Cades, and Assari, and the well of Asor;
Joshua 21:13And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the + 21:13 The Greek word is different from that translated ‘suburbs.’ above.— q. d. glebe.suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
Joshua 21:32And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:2-7
The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that… Read the whole commentary →