Joshua 20:7-8

7 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.
8 East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 20:7-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 20

The contents of this chapter are the renewal of the order to appoint cities of refuge for such that commit manslaughter ignorantly, to flee unto, and have shelter in from the avenger of blood, Jos 20:1-6; and the execution of this order, Jos 20:7-9.

Cross References 9

  • 1. S Joshua 12:22; Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:76
  • 2. S Genesis 12:6
  • 3. S Genesis 35:27
  • 4. S Joshua 10:36; Joshua 21:11
  • 5. Luke 1:39
  • 6. Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:78
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 6:80
  • 8. S Joshua 12:2
  • 9. S Joshua 12:5; 1 Chronicles 6:71
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