Joshua 20:7

World English Bible (2000)

They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Josh 21:11 : 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
  • Josh 21:32 : 32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
  • 1 Chr 6:76 : 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
  • Josh 21:13 : 13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
  • Josh 21:21 : 21 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,
  • Josh 14:15 : 15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
  • Gen 33:18-19 : 18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city. 19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
  • 2 Chr 10:1 : 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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  • Josh 20:8-9
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    8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

    9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

  • Josh 21:20-22
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    20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21 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,

    22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 21:11-13
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    11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

    12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

    13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

  • Josh 21:31-32
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    31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

    32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:67
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    67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

  • 1 Chr 6:76
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    76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.

  • Josh 19:37
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    37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

  • Josh 20:6
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    6 He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"

  • Josh 15:13
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    13 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

  • 1 Chr 6:55-57
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    55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;

    56 but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

    57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

  • Deut 4:43
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    43 [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

  • Neh 11:25
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    25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

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

  • Judg 1:10-11
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    10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

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

  • Deut 19:7
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    7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

  • Josh 19:50
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    50 According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.

  • Josh 20:2
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    2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,

  • Deut 19:2
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    2 you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

  • Josh 13:19
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    19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,

  • 1 Chr 7:28
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    28 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;

  • Josh 21:9
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    9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

  • Josh 14:15
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    15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.

  • Josh 21:37
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    37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

  • Josh 18:5
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    5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

  • Josh 20:4
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    4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

  • 1 Sam 30:28
    69%

    28 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

  • Josh 11:2-3
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    2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

    3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

  • Num 34:29
    69%

    29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Josh 15:54
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    54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

  • Deut 11:30
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    30 Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

  • Num 35:14
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    14 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

  • Josh 14:13
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    13 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

  • Josh 15:20
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    20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

  • Josh 21:2
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    2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

  • 1 Chr 6:65
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    65 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 mentioned by name.

  • Neh 11:27
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    27 and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and its towns,

  • Josh 15:9
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    9 The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);

  • Josh 14:1
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    1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,

  • Josh 21:27
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    27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.