KJV 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,
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Joshua 21:21
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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
WEB 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,
ASV 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,
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 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,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
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וַיִּתְּנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָהֶ֜םH9038 · hemthemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִ֨ירH5892 · irexcitementמִקְלַ֧טH4733 · miq.latrefugeהָרֹצֵ֛חַH7523 · ra.tsachto murderאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁכֶ֥םH7927 · she.khemShechemוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureבְּהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountאֶפְרָ֑יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גֶּ֖זֶרH1507 · ge.zerGezerוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃H4054 · mig.rashpasture
Cross-references
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.1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.Judges 9:1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,1 Kings 9:15-17And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for 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 unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,Genesis 33:19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.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.
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