Joshua 20:7

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So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Josh 21:11 : 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.
  • Josh 21:32 : 32 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah.
  • Josh 21:13 : 13 To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.
  • Josh 21:21 : 21 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
  • Josh 14:15 : 15 Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
  • Gen 33:18-19 : 18 Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, after his journey from Paddan Aram, and he camped near the city. 19 He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  • 2 Chr 10:1 : 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gathered there to make him king.

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  • Josh 20:8-9
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    8Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

    9These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.

  • Josh 21:20-22
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    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites received cities allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

    22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Josh 21:11-13
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    11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

    12However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

    13To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.

  • Josh 21:31-32
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    31Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities.

    32From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three cities.

  • Josh 19:37
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    37Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,

  • Josh 20:6
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    6The person must stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may return to their own city and home, from which they fled.

  • Josh 15:13
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    13To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.

  • 1 Chr 6:55-57
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    55From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.

    56To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.

    57From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

  • Deut 4:43
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    43The cities were Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

  • Neh 11:25
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    25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people from Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its surrounding villages, in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages.

  • Josh 15:23
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    23Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan.

  • Judg 1:10-11
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    10Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11From there, they went against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

  • 2 Chr 11:10
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    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Deut 19:7
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    7This is why I am commanding you: Set apart three cities for yourselves.

  • Josh 19:50
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    50As instructed by the LORD, they gave him the city he asked for—Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and settled there.

  • Josh 20:2
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    2Speak to the people of Israel, saying: Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge that I spoke about to you through Moses.

  • Deut 19:2
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    2you are to set apart three cities in the midst of the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  • Josh 13:19
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    19as well as Kiriathaim, Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley,

  • 1 Chr 7:28
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    28Their territories and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages, to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its villages, and Shechem and its villages, as far as Ayyah and its villages.

  • Josh 21:9
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    9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name.

  • Josh 14:15
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    15Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 21:37
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    37Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands—four cities in total.

  • Josh 18:5
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    5Divide the land into seven portions. Judah will remain in its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph will remain in its territory in the north.

  • Josh 20:4
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    4The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

  • 1 Sam 30:28
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    28to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

  • Josh 11:2-3
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    2He also sent to the kings who were in the northern hill country, in the Arabah plain south of Kinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor near the sea.

    3These included the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

  • Num 34:29
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    29These are the men whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

  • Josh 15:54
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    54Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities with their villages.

  • Deut 11:30
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    30Are these mountains not across the Jordan, westward, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?

  • Num 35:14
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    14Three of these cities you shall give on the east side of the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

  • Josh 14:13
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    13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

  • Josh 15:20
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    20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, by their clans.

  • Josh 21:2
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    2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, 'The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with pasture lands for our livestock.'

  • 1 Chr 6:65
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    65From the tribe of Gad, they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands.

  • Neh 11:27
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    27as well as in Hazar-shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages,

  • Josh 15:9
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    9From the top of the mountain, the boundary extended to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then the boundary was marked out to Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim).

  • Josh 14:1
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    1These are the territories the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes allotted to the Israelites.

  • Josh 21:27
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    27To the descendants of Gershon, from the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands—two cities.