Joshua 21:21

21 they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

Joshua 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:21

For they gave them Shechem, with her suburbs, in Mount
Ephraim
Of which see ( Joshua 20:7 ) ; [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer;
which being on a mountain, was the more conspicuous, and the fitter for this purpose, as was Hebron in the hill country of Judea, ( Joshua 21:11 Joshua 21:13 ) ; this is the second; city of refuge mentioned: and Gezer with her suburbs:
a place from whence the Canaanites were not expelled; (See Gill on Joshua 16:10).

Joshua 21:21 In-Context

19 In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

20 The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities:

21 they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

22 Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

23 From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,