KJV King James Version
And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,
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1 Chronicles 6:67
And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
WEB World English Bible
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
ASV American Standard Version
And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 6
64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs.
65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names.
66 And [the residue] of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
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וַיִּתְּנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָהֶ֜םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עָרֵ֧יH5892 · irexcitementהַמִּקְלָ֛טH4733 · miq.latrefugeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁכֶ֥םH7927 · she.khemShechemוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָH4054 · mig.rashpastureבְּהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountאֶפְרָ֑יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גֶּ֖זֶרH1507 · ge.zerGezerוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃H4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
Joshua 21:21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,1 Kings 9:16[For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.Joshua 16:3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.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 33:18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.Genesis 35:4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.Joshua 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
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