Joshua 21:21
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New International Version (©1984)
In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,

English Standard Version (©2001)
To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
These four cities with pasturelands were Shechem (a city of refuge for murderers) in the mountains of Ephraim, Gezer,

King James Bible
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,

American 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,

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,

Bible in Basic English
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Cater,

Darby Bible Translation
and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

English Revised Version
And they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs;

Webster's Bible Translation
For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,

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,

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,

Geneva Study Bible

For they gave them {h} Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

(h) Hebron and Shechem were the two cities of refuge under the Kohathites.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:9-42 By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more diffused amongst us.


Joshua 20:7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. (NASB ©1995)

Accused City Country Ephraim E'phraim Hill Hill-Country Lands Manslayer Man-Slayer Mount Murder Open Pasture Refuge Safe Shechem Slayer Suburbs Taker


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,

Shechem Jos 20:7 Ge 33:19 Jud 9:1 1Ki 12:1

Gezer Jos 16:10 1Ki 9:15-17 1Ch 6:67

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Alphabetical: a accused and city country Ephraim for gave Gezer given hill In its lands manslayer murder of one pasture refuge Shechem the them they were with

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